Left centre text alignment

[d.healey]

Could we have an option to align the text to the horizontal left and vertical centre? Or separate options for X and Y.

[Christoph Hart]

You can use the same alignment ids as the Label uses:

const var Panel1 = Content.addPanel("Panel1", 0, 0);

Panel1.setPaintRoutine(function(g)
{
	g.setColour(Colours.white);
	g.drawAlignedText("Funky", [0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight()], "left"); // also: topLeft, bottomLeft
});

[d.healey]

Actually it's label text I'm wanting to align. I have a label that is larger than the text that it contains (so it conforms to a grid layout) but I'd like the text centred vertically, I can do this by changing the size of the label but that messes with the grid, or I can centre the text horizontally which also centres it vertically but then I have to shift the label left to get it to look left aligned, and that messes with the grid. :)

[Christoph Hart]

That's precisely why there is the alignment property in the label:

[
  {
    "type": "ScriptLabel",
    "id": "Label1",
    "x": 32,
    "y": 25,
    "width": 128,
    "height": 28,
    "alignment": "left"
  }
]

[d.healey]

I think I'm not explaining very well. Hopefully this image will help. The text is aligned left, but it is not aligned vertically central which is what I would like.

[Christoph Hart]

I really don't get it :) The text is aligned vertically in the centre, isn't it?

[d.healey]

Maybe it's my eyes but to me it looks like the text is in the lower half of the label rather than central

[Christoph Hart]

Nah, it's your eyes :)

Just kidding, I just take the alignment in JUCE and pass it on to the scripting engine but I trust these guys to get it right :)

[d.healey]

I'll just shift it a few pixels manually then until my eyes are happy :)