Non-breaking space? Fixing right justified text in drop down list.

[Remluf_1]

When I right justify the text for the items in my drop down list, the control's down arrow partially obstructs the right-most character.  I thought I might be able to add a non-breaking space to the right of the text, thus pushing it to the left, and out from under the arrow.  Is there a non-breaking space character recognized by LC in this context? If so, how do I create it?  Am I overlooking a simpler solution?  Thanks.

[Former Community Member]

I don't see the same behaviour.

Are you talking about Design view

or when the object is rendered?

Steve

[Remluf_1]

It happens in both design and rendered view.  It is a minor aesthetic problem, as the arrow obscures a sliver of the right hand edge of the last character in the text.  I tried the old ALT-255 trick, which inserted what looked like a blank in design view, but it disappeared in the rendered view.

I can live with this, but it would make my form a little nicer if I could "scootch" the text left a little.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Darrell

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

Interesting. While the "marginRight" attribute does not exist for a dropdown list object "para" node, you can set the "marginRight" attribute. Try this...

// form1.page1.subform1.DropDownList1::initialize - (JavaScript, client)

DropDownList1.para.marginRight = "5pt";

Steve

[Remluf_1]

Thank you.  That works.

[Remluf_1]

Thanks, Steve. That worked. Sorry about the delayed gratitude, but I got

shunted off to a different project for a while, and haven't been checking

this email account.

[Amal_Elaine]

The same thing happens with a text field whose caption is right justified.  It's too far to the right and squished right up next to the beginning of the field.

I don't want to change the caption programmatically.  Rather, I'd like to be able to get a teensy weensy space at the end somehow, but it doesn't seem to take.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Elaine

[Former Community Member]

If you hover over the little orange bar your cursor will change. Once it has changed you can slide the divider to the right to give you as much space as you need.

Paul

[Amal_Elaine]

Thanks Paul, but the caption text scoots right along next to the orange bar

as you slide it. So that does not seem to work.

[Remluf_1]

In this case, I find that inserting an ALT-255 character does add some space, even in the rendered view.  I don't know what is going on in the black box, but it does add a little space.  At the end of your caption, hold down the Alt key, and press 255 on your number keypad.

Darrell

[Elaine_Schmitz]

Thanks Darrell, but that doesn't seem to work either. You can't see the

space in design or preview mode. --Elaine

[Former Community Member]

In the Paragraph palette, make sure that you are editing the caption only, then set a right index to move the text slightly left.

Paul

[Former Community Member]

On the Paragraph tab ....set it to adjust caption only then you can use the right index to set a small space to be used.

Paul

[Amal_Elaine]

Yeah, baby! That did it! Thanks Paul! You have a fun job