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Textbox Property - Do Not Autofit does not seem to be working
In my story I am populating a textbox by using a reference to a variable. As I populate the variable, it automatically transfers the string data into a textbox.
The textbox property is DO NOT AU...
Hi there!
I'm popping in to get back to the originally asked question, because I have a similar problem.
After some testing it seems to me, that the size of the textbox is rendered once, when the document is created, and can't be changed after that.
Can somebody verify this, or proof me wrong?
I came up with this, when I tried to populate a textbox with variables that differ in size. Some with two sentences, some with eight to twelve sentences. And of course I do want to have the same font size for each 'value'.
Furthermore I wonder if that "upgrade for improvements"-thing is something for a transition to a new version of the autofit-properties. Because I dont understand, why one would design this mixed-up, irreversible update-solution as permament. Maybe someone can persuade and/or enlight me..?! ;)
I attach two story-files, where I tested some settings with the two versions of the autofit-properties.
Hello Marcel!
I'm happy to help! It sounds like your question is, once the size of the textbox is rendered once when the document is created, can it be changed after that? If you've upgraded the project text, you can't revert back to the previous text settings from the original project. Instead, we automatically create a backup project without the upgraded text just in case you decide not to use the upgraded project text.
Here are the changes that can be configured after upgrading the project text in detail.
Let us know if you have additional questions!
Hello all,
I totally agree with the final remark from Marcel. This upgrade-solution is very confusing.
I started working on a new project, based on an existing course. I then decided to give it a try with the text upgrade as it seems to be a good solution for translations. My reasoning: this new upgrade may reduce time spent to insert scroll panels for text objects that you do not want to change in font size and do not want to overflow in any direction.
Along the way of design, I miss the "shrink to fit" option at some instances. A very clear and obvious example is when pointing and naming elements in a visual. The name labels which are text objects need to be "fixed size" in order to prevent text covering the visual or other elements on the slide (after translation) but for a name label I do not want to add a scroll bar. In these cases I woud like to shrink the text to fit.
So, I will put in a feature request to add the overflow handling option "shrink to fit" for fixed size text objects. This cannot be very hard to implement.
Hi Patrick!
I wanted to confirm that I saw your request come through, and it is now logged. We'll be sure to update you if this makes it on our roadmap!
