Aligning input text inside <Editbox>

[Letho]

Hey, does anybody know how to align text inside an edit control? The shared verticalAlignment attribute does not work, editbox:SetVerticalAlignment doesn't work either (although it does not throw an error!). This really drives me crazy, there must be an elegant way without using dimension constraints for the editbox itself.
As always: I don't want to inherit from an original zenimax editbox because I want a custom style.

Cheers

[Baertram]

Yo uneed to use these values for the :SetVerticalAlignment(value) and :SetHorizontalAlignment(value) functions, if I remember correctly:

TEXT_ALIGN_BOTTOM
TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER
TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT
TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT
TEXT_ALIGN_TOP

[Letho]

I've tried that, doesnt work
<Editbox> does not have any child-nodes for alignment.

[sirinsidiator]

If you only need one line you may be able to fake it.
Just center the editbox and grow it as more characters are added (OnTextChanged).
You can get the necessary width with the help of a hidden label and GetTextWidth.
In order to make clicking the textbox work like usual, just add a click handler to the background and let it give focus to the editbox via the TakeFocus method.

[Letho]

Originally Posted by sirinsidiator If you only need one line you may be able to fake it. Just center the editbox and grow it as more characters are added (OnTextChanged). You can get the necessary width with the help of a hidden label and GetTextWidth. In order to make clicking the textbox work like usual, just add a click handler to the background and let it give focus to the editbox via the TakeFocus method.

The problem with fake editboxes is, that the user input text does not grow into both directions, that's what a centered text should do

Didn't know backdrops accept click handler functionality? :O

[sirinsidiator]

It does if the editbox width is equal to the text width and you anchor it centered. Every time when the text changes you update the width of the editbox and the game will take care of the rest.
You are right, backdrops do not offer a click handler, but you could simply make an empty control that is a child of the backdrop and fills it completely.

[Letho]

Worked, perfectly thank you very much!