[comp.sys.mac] Please explain TextEdit feature...

brian@ut-sally.UUCP (Brian H. Powell) (01/15/87)

     I remember reading some time ago about a TextEdit bug...um, feature that
sometimes shifts a TextEdit item (in a dialog, for instance) up by a pixel
when you change it.
     I looked through the tech notes and didn't find anything.  Can anybody
provide specifics on what the prerequisite conditions are and what programmers
can do to prevent this from happening?

Brian H. Powell
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capener@hpccc.HP.COM (Chris Capener) (01/20/87)

>     I remember reading some time ago about a TextEdit bug...um, feature that
>sometimes shifts a TextEdit item (in a dialog, for instance) up by a pixel
>when you change it.
>     I looked through the tech notes and didn't find anything.  Can anybody
>provide specifics on what the prerequisite conditions are and what programmers
>can do to prevent this from happening?
>
>Brian H. Powell

My limited experiences with this problem lead me to believe that it only 
occurs when the bounding-box for the TextEdit item is too small for the 
specified font.

Other opinions gladly accepted.

Chris Capener
HP Laboratories
Palo Alto, CA

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