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Hello,

I have noticed that a few of the groups I create exactly match the outermost edges of the objects it contains, while other groups have a margin of a few extra pixels around the outer most object pixels.

Why is this, and how can I make it so that every group has a border that is exactly the same as the outermost pixel of the objects the group contains?

I have tried setting the borderWidth to 0, but it does not work.

Thanks!
Phil E.

Hi Phil,

if you create a group it has a default margin of 4, i.e. leftMargin, rightMargin, topMargin and bottomMargin are 4.

In the inspector for the group under Text Formatting you can set the margins to 0 and the group will have the same outermost pixel as the objects (assuming you don't set the border of the group)

Kind regards
Bernd

Bernd,

Perfect answer, thank you very much! I had not realized the margins were controllable in the Text Formatting pane of the Property Inspector.

Best,
Phil E.

Hi.

Just a note that anything that is settable in the property inspector is settable as a property by script. Look up "margin" in the dictionary. In fact, the property inspector is a small subset of available properties for any particular object.

My real point is that if you have an issue with, say, "margins", there is a good chance the dictionary will have the answers.

Craig Newman

Noted. Thank you, Craig.

Phil E.