[Auric johnson]

I linked a check box to a check box inside a precomp using index

comp(thisComp.layer(index-1).name).layer(“This is a full title”).effect(“Side title”)(“Checkbox”)

looks at comp name in the layer above, then goes to a layer in that comp into its effect

I dunno if thats what u need but i was searching for a solution for this issue and came across this thread.

need to figure out how to find the text layer within the precomp

[Auric johnson]

Hey Thanks for this! I used the first one and it works like a charm

a=thisComp.layer(index-1).sourceRectAtTime();

t=a.top;

h=a.height;

som = t+h/2;

p=thisComp.layer(index-1).position[1]

fs=text.sourceText.style.fontSize

y1 = (p+h+fs);

y2 = (p+som/2);

x =thisComp.layer(index-1).position[0]

try{

thisComp.layer(index-1).text.sourceText;

isText = [x,y1];

}catch (e){

isText = [x,y2];

}

This basically will space out any text layers below the above text layer by the font size but because the title its own comp I needed to calculate the spacing differently, seems to work cheers

[Auric johnson]

Hey, This was really useful thanks

txt = thisComp.name;

if (thisComp.name.length > 55){

for (i = 55; i > 0; i–) if (txt[i] == ” “) break;

if (i > 0)

txt.substr(0,i) + “\r” + txt.substr(i+1)

else

txt.substring(0,55) + “\r” + txt.substring(62,999);

}else{

txt

}

I tested it and had that same issue with the string length being exact so I removed the = from the >= seems to work okay now.