Problem displaying textbox for phone message feature

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Problem displaying textbox for phone message feature

#1 Post by demonangelz »

Hi, I'm not sure how to phrase the title but basically I'm working on a game with a text message feature.
Currently, I'm having problems displaying the text message when it's drawn from the right. I'm doing this by basically using an hbox and having multiple vboxes in there for each text message.

This is the style of the vbox when the text is drawn from the left:
style.person = Style(style.default)
style.person.background = Frame("phone/frame3.png", 50, 50)
style.person.xpadding = 25
style.person.ypadding = 10
style.person.right_margin = 30

and this is for when it's from the right (this is the one with a problem):

style.self = Style(style.default)
style.self.background = Frame("phone/frame4.png", 50, 50)
style.self.xpadding = 25
style.self.ypadding = 10
style.self.left_margin = 90
style.self.box_reverse = True

I thought maybe using box_reverse might work but it doesn't. For some reason, the frame that I'm getting from the speaker on the right always seems draw from the left so it appears off centered....
An easier explanation would be the two pictures I've attached below.

Hope that makes sense >__<! Thank you in advance.
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This is what is happening right now. When I draw the box from the right (with the self style), I'm getting something like that.
This is what is happening right now. When I draw the box from the right (with the self style), I'm getting something like that.
This is what I want to happen but it's not working currently.
This is what I want to happen but it's not working currently.
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Re: Problem displaying textbox for phone message feature

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Re: Problem displaying textbox for phone message feature

#3 Post by demonangelz »

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much!
I have returned after a long time away. Working on a small project, hope I'll be able to show it on here soon! =D

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