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From: capener@hpccc.HP.COM (Chris Capener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Please explain TextEdit feature...
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Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 21:21:07 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 19 21:21:07 1987
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>     I remember reading some time ago about a TextEdit bug...um, feature that
>sometimes shifts a TextEdit item (in a dialog, for instance) up by a pixel
>when you change it.
>     I looked through the tech notes and didn't find anything.  Can anybody
>provide specifics on what the prerequisite conditions are and what programmers
>can do to prevent this from happening?
>
>Brian H. Powell

My limited experiences with this problem lead me to believe that it only 
occurs when the bounding-box for the TextEdit item is too small for the 
specified font.

Other opinions gladly accepted.

Chris Capener
HP Laboratories
Palo Alto, CA

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