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alignment
Syntax
member(
whichCastMember
)
.
alignment
the alignment of member
whichCastMember
Description
Cast member property; determines the alignment used to display characters within the specified cast member. This property appears only to field and text cast members containing characters, if only a space.
For field cast members, the value of the property is a string consisting of one of the following: left, center, or right.
For text cast members, the value of the property is a symbol consisting of one of the following: #left, #center, #right, or #full.
The parameter whichCastMember
can be either a cast name or a cast number.
This property can be tested and set. For text cast members, the property can be set on a per-paragraph basis.
Example
This statement sets the variable named characterAlign
to the current alignment
setting for the field cast member Rokujo Speaks:
Dot syntax:
characterAlign = member("Rokujo Speaks").alignment
Verbose syntax:
set characterAlign = the alignment of member "Rokujo Speaks"
Example
This repeat loop consecutively sets the alignment of the field cast member Rove to left, center, and then right.
Dot syntax:
repeat with i = 1 to 3 member("Rove").alignment = ("left center right").word[i] end repeat
Verbose syntax:
repeat with i = 1 to 3 set the alignment of member "Rove" to word i of "left center right" end repeat
See also
text
, font
, lineHeight (cast member property)
, fontSize
, fontStyle
, & (concatenator)
, && (concatenator)
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