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Centering digits in a number box


sethares@ece.wisc.edu
July 6, 2008 | 11:41 pm

I have a GUI with a nice place to display some numbers. A numberbox, with the transparency set to full is placed appropriately to display the numbers. But I can’t seem to figure out how to center the numbers. Of course, for any given number it’s easy to center, but when the number of digits changes, the center shifts… here’s a simple patch that shows the problem — as you increase the number from 1 digit to 2 digits to 3 digits, the display appears to move to the right. So my question is if there a clever way to center the display no matter how many digits there are?

Any help much appreciated…

Bill Sethares

Here’s a patch:

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

Ben Bracken
July 7, 2008 | 12:22 am

you can use tab:

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

sethares@ece.wisc.edu
July 7, 2008 | 1:03 am

Thanks Ben, that’s perfect!

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