Work-around for TEdit vertical alignment problem

[Ruud 3]

This is how a normal TEdit looks like :

The text is horizontally aligned , but not vertically .

 

Relevant properties for Edit1 :
Alignment | taCenter
BevelWidth | 1
Height | 30
Width | 60

 

And this is how you want your TEdit to look like :

The text is both horizontally and vertically alligned !

 

The solution is quite simple : define a TEdit within a TPanel .

 

Relevant properties for Panel1 :

Alignment | taCenter
BevelWidth | 1
Height | 30
Width | 60

 

Relevant properties for Edit2 :

Alignment | taCenter
BevelWidth | 1
Height | 22
Left | 1
Top | 7
Width | 58

 

Ruud Schmeitz

Maastricht

 

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

5 hours ago, Ruud said:

The text is horizontally aligned , but not vertically .

I usually keep the default AutoSize = True setting. IMHO, this looks better than the large gaps above and below.

[corneliusdavid 214]

12 hours ago, Ruud said:

And this is how you want your TEdit to look like :

I agree with Uwe but if you really want the space around your edit area, perhaps put the edit box in a panel, check AlignWithMargins, and turn off the border for the text box.

[Ruud 3]

17 hours ago, Uwe Raabe said:

I usually keep the default AutoSize = True setting. IMHO, this looks better than the large gaps above and below.

Unfortunately that doesn't work in my case .

With the chosen Font ( Verdana , 7) , AutoSize = True resizes the height of the TEdit to 20 , while (for some good reason) it must be 30 .

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

5 hours ago, Ruud said:

while (for some good reason) it must be 30

Well, in that case...

[Tommi Prami 130]

That feels like a bug to me.

Seems that panel should not affect that, or am I missing something obvious.

Vertical align into the edit would be quite nice to have. There must be palaces it would be useful. 

-tee-

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

1 hour ago, Tommi Prami said:

Vertical align into the edit would be quite nice to have.

As long as it is a native Windows control, we are limited by its internal functionality. Currently it doesn't support that: Edit Control Styles