Problems with bold / italic / underlined text

**VenomousFiligree** · September 22nd, 2009, 20:17

If I enter text into a story page the sentences break across lines fine, if I then apply formatting to some words, the words sometimes split across lines. Is this a known bug? Is there a fix?

Phil

**Tenian** · September 23rd, 2009, 01:44

I posted it a while back. No responses. Such is the blackhole of formattedtext.

**Griogre** · October 1st, 2009, 09:24

Italic text seems the worst so I almost never use it. I suspect FG doesn't take properly take into account the extra size of non standard text or has an error in the calculation.

**Moon Wizard** · August 17th, 2010, 23:28

MurghBpurn pointed out this old post which was similar to something he found in v2.7.1. If this is still an issue, please let me know; since I haven't been able to re-create with the new version.

Thanks,
JPG

**VenomousFiligree** · August 17th, 2010, 23:39

See attached examples, lots more if you need them!

**Moon Wizard** · August 18th, 2010, 02:30

Perfect example. It actually gave me a good idea of where to look.

Essentially, for word wrapping, the code attempts to fit whatever it can into the space allowed (in case of very narrow stringfields). That code is also used for each formatted block in the formattedtextcontrols. So, it will always break mid-word if the box ends in the first word.

Now, I just need to figure out how to change that behavior.

Also, working on other fixes for the formattedtextcontrol for 2.7.2. I'll probably wait a couple weeks to put in the changes, since my test server is tied up with 2.6.5 in case of emergencies.

In addition to the backspace cursor location you reported, I'm also addressing lost formatting when deleting between paragraphs or splitting a paragraph with the Enter key. Also, I'll be adding CTRL+A (Select All) and CTRL+X (Cut) functionality.

Cheers,
JPG

**VenomousFiligree** · August 18th, 2010, 07:53

Great stuff!

**Stitched** · August 18th, 2010, 09:47

Thank the Maker!

Originally Posted by moon_wizard

Also, I'll be adding CTRL+A (Select All) and CTRL+X (Cut) functionality.

**Moon Wizard** · August 18th, 2010, 20:00

OK, I think I've got a fix for the next release to improve wrapping in both stringcontrols and formattedtextcontrols. Also, I added CTRL+A to stringcontrols as well.

Make sure to test 2.7.2 heavily for me on these items when I post it out in a couple weeks.

Thanks,
JPG

**VenomousFiligree** · August 18th, 2010, 21:39

Originally Posted by moon_wizard

OK, I think I've got a fix for the next release to improve wrapping in both stringcontrols and formattedtextcontrols. Also, I added CTRL+A to stringcontrols as well.

Make sure to test 2.7.2 heavily for me on these items when I post it out in a couple weeks.

Thanks,
JPG

Will do!

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