Moving widget dynamically

[Barak]

Hi all
please see that attached example, Im trying to move the “Change” link according to the title that is next to it.
Click on the “Change” link will open a form that enables you to change the title.
I want the link to always be near the title so I’m placing the title width and X location to a local var, and preforming MOVE action. From some reason, this is not working…
You can see that the variable is taking the default x and width values but it’s not changing.
Can someone please take a look at the attached file and see why it’s not working?
For debugging reasons, I’m populating a variable with the location and width of the title.

Thanks

move link.rp (53.5 KB)

[josephxbrick]

Hi!

This post from a while back should do the trick, though involves using javascript. It’s almost your exact situation, as it turns out. Also, it’s in Axure 8.

By the way, the reason it doesn’t work using the size of the widget in Axure is that Axure doesn’t grow the widget to accommodate text: instead, it just lets the text overflow the bounds of the widget without changing its size,.

This script accesses the text span inside of the widget (which actually contains the text) and gets its size.,

Place widget relative to other widget

Hi! You can do this with some javascript, which would give you the precise location to place your image after the text string. To add javascript to an Axure prototype, you place it where you would normally put the URL string in the command Open Link to External URL. Or, in Axure 8, Open Link In Current Window choosing the external URL option. The below will sound complicated, but don’t sweat it: there’s a sample file attached below. I’m using a method of encapsulating code that I call a “fu…

[Barak]

OK Wooowww
Thanks a lot, very helpful