Can I attach a null object to text edge?

[John Cuevas]

Probably need an expression to accomplish that, try posting in the AE Expressions Forum

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
—THOMAS EDISON on inventing the light bulb.

[Kevin Camp]

not really…

if you happen to use a fixed width font (like courier), you could use an expression that counted the number of characters and multiplied it by the width of a single character (you’d need to determine the width of a single character). that expression would look something like this:

target = thisComp.layer("MyText"); // this would be your text layer
w = 25; // set the width for a single character in pixels

offset = target.text.sourceText.length * w
value + [offset,0]

move the null to the end a the text and then apply that expression (changing the target layer to be your text layer and the setting w to the width of a single character) and it should follow the end of the text string if you use a fixed width font.

if you are not using a fixed width font, then it would difficult.

what is it that you are ultimately trying to achieve?

Kevin Camp
Art Director
KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW

[Dmitry Yershov]

Thanks a lot, Kevin!