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Auto Align a layer to end of text layer
Is there a way to have a layer(shape) auto align itself to a text layer? Basically for our daily news premix we change the text daily obviously but we have to realign a small triangle shape to the edge of the text. I wish no matter what we typed the small triangle would auto align the end of the text….can this be done and does this make sense ?
thanks for any help
JR
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2 Replies
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Unfortunately you can’t get the correct width of a text layer using expressions, but you do have a few options.. The best and easiest in my opinion is to incorporate that triangle into your font and let say you assign that triangle to the ^ key then you could write this expression in the sourcetext property of the text layer:
value + “^”
Alternatively you could have the text justify right (but not sure that is a option for you) and have the triangle be a simple offset for the text layers’ anchor point.
Lastly you can get the correct width of a text layer through scripting, let me know if you need any guidance in that dept..
-Lloyd
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Thanks… I’ll look into your 2 options
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