leonard

i'm currently running through the demos of maxmsp 5, and have what 

may be a simple question about automatically resizing objects 

according to the mount of text in them. how do i do it? for example 

if i have a *~ object i want the box to only be the same size as the 

text string, but the way it is it stays large (and takes up screen 

real estate). to be clear, i want the box to resize on it's own and 

not have me click/drag the edges. can someone suggest a way to 

also, my forum account is awaiting validation or something, can 

hello,
i'm currently running through the demos of maxmsp 5, and have what  
may be a simple question about automatically resizing objects  
according to the mount of text in them. how do i do it? for example  
if i have a *~ object i want the box to only be the same size as the  
text string, but the way it is it stays large (and takes up screen  
real estate). to be clear, i want the box to resize on it's own and  
not have me click/drag the edges. can someone suggest a way to  
achieve this?
also, my forum account is awaiting validation or something, can  
someone please see to this?
regards,
leonard.


beginner-q-auto-resize-objects

Quote: leonard wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 20:40

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> i'm currently running through the demos of maxmsp 5, and have what 

> may be a simple question about automatically resizing objects 

> according to the mount of text in them. how do i do it? for example 

> if i have a *~ object i want the box to only be the same size as the 

> text string, but the way it is it stays large (and takes up screen 

> real estate). to be clear, i want the box to resize on it's own and 

> not have me click/drag the edges. can someone suggest a way to 

> also, my forum account is awaiting validation or something, can 

Options--Auto Fix Width. Then you can set the Fixed Width Ratio in the Preferences... a great feature to be able to control. Alternatively, holding alt (option on Mac) when you click outside the newly-created box will do the opposite of what you're currently set on... so you could keep Auto on, then for some boxes alt-click outside upon creating them and they'll stay the same size, or vice-versa. 

Quote: leonard wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 20:40
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> hello,
> i'm currently running through the demos of maxmsp 5, and have what  
> may be a simple question about automatically resizing objects  
> according to the mount of text in them. how do i do it? for example  
> if i have a *~ object i want the box to only be the same size as the  
> text string, but the way it is it stays large (and takes up screen  
> real estate). to be clear, i want the box to resize on it's own and  
> not have me click/drag the edges. can someone suggest a way to  
> achieve this?
> also, my forum account is awaiting validation or something, can  
> someone please see to this?
> regards,
> leonard.
>
----------------------------------------------------

Options--Auto Fix Width. Then you can set the Fixed Width Ratio in the Preferences... a great feature to be able to control. Alternatively, holding alt (option on Mac) when you click outside the newly-created box will do the opposite of what you're currently set on... so you could keep Auto on, then for some boxes alt-click outside upon creating them and they'll stay the same size, or vice-versa. 


On 26/01/2009, at 2:22 PM, Seejay James wrote:

> Quote: leonard wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 20:40

> ----------------------------------------------------

>> i'm currently running through the demos of maxmsp 5, and have what

>> may be a simple question about automatically resizing objects

>> according to the mount of text in them. how do i do it? for example

>> if i have a *~ object i want the box to only be the same size as the

>> text string, but the way it is it stays large (and takes up screen

>> real estate). to be clear, i want the box to resize on it's own and

>> not have me click/drag the edges. can someone suggest a way to

>> also, my forum account is awaiting validation or something, can

> Options--Auto Fix Width. Then you can set the Fixed Width Ratio in 

> the Preferences... a great feature to be able to control. 

> Alternatively, holding alt (option on Mac) when you click outside 

> the newly-created box will do the opposite of what you're currently 

> set on... so you could keep Auto on, then for some boxes alt-click 

> outside upon creating them and they'll stay the same size, or vice- 

> Interactive Media :: Concepts | Creation | Learning

>
> Quote: leonard wrote on Sun, 25 January 2009 20:40
> ----------------------------------------------------
>> hello,
>> i'm currently running through the demos of maxmsp 5, and have what
>> may be a simple question about automatically resizing objects
>> according to the mount of text in them. how do i do it? for example
>> if i have a *~ object i want the box to only be the same size as the
>> text string, but the way it is it stays large (and takes up screen
>> real estate). to be clear, i want the box to resize on it's own and
>> not have me click/drag the edges. can someone suggest a way to
>> achieve this?
>> also, my forum account is awaiting validation or something, can
>> someone please see to this?
>> regards,
>> leonard.
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Options--Auto Fix Width. Then you can set the Fixed Width Ratio in  
> the Preferences... a great feature to be able to control.  
> Alternatively, holding alt (option on Mac) when you click outside  
> the newly-created box will do the opposite of what you're currently  
> set on... so you could keep Auto on, then for some boxes alt-click  
> outside upon creating them and they'll stay the same size, or vice- 
> versa.
>
>
> --
> Interactive Media :: Concepts | Creation | Learning
> http://www.third-space-mind.com/


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