Point Label Styles in dragged state

[mwilson2]

I have a point label style that uses two different text heights. I set the dragged state display to "as composed" but the justification seems to only work by setting the dragged state to "stacked". If I use the "stacked" setting, I can't have two different text heights. Am I missing something?

[mathewkol]

You're not missing anything. I'm not aware of a workaround.

[mwilson2]

Thanks Matt. That is what I was afraid of. Same text height it is.

[Sinc]

The workaround is to create some text in the MTEXT editor, and copy-and-paste it into the Text Component Editor.

For example, I created an MTEXT editor with 0.10" text, and typed two lines that said TEXT.  Then I selected the second line, and changed its text height to 0.08".  Here's the result:

Next, select both lines, and hit CTRL-C to copy.  Go into your Label Style, in the Text Component Editor, and hit CTRL+V to paste.  Now select the top line, then in the left half of the editor, select whatever you want for your "big text" and hit the arrow to insert the field into the right side.  Repeat with the smaller text.

You'll now have a label that keeps the big and small text in both dragged and undragged states.

This would be a lot easier if we could adjust text size from within the Text Component Editor, rather than needing to copy-and-paste from the MTEXT editor.

[Sinc]

Here's an image of what a sample result looks like in the Text Component Editor:

The Parcel Name will display using the Text Height from the Label Style, and the area below it will print at 0.8x the Text Height from the Label Style.

[mathewkol]

Really? I have done that before and when the dragged state is Stacked it goes all to one size. I'll have to try it again.

[Sinc · Accepted solution]

Here's an example.  The "North Parcel" and "South Parcel" are using the same Label Style.

This label style uses "Stacked Text".

I typically don't use "As Composed", beause as far as I'm concerned, it's broken.  The leader doesn't work correctly.  I know there's a way to work around the issue by creating a "Left" and a "Right" version of the same label style, but I view that as an unacceptable mess, pushing the "Label Style Breeding Problem" to unacceptable levels.

[mathewkol]

Great! Thanks Sinc. I'll have to try that one again.

[mwilson2]

Very nice. Excellent workaround. Thanks!

Mike