Moving widget dynamically

[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…