Text on Button

[bgcogen]

Hi!
Basicall I neet to put a good bit of text on a button. I want to put it on two different lines but when I press return it exits text edit. I tried putting text labels on the buttons, but when the button is pressed, these labels fall behind the button and can't be seen.
When I just keep typing on the button, the data goes down to the next line, but it's no longer centred.

What can I do???

Thanks,
D

 

[Rich]

Use the text align option on the property sheet for the button

 

[bgcogen]

But there's no text align property on the properties options for the button??

D

 

[Rich]

Of course,sorry. I guess the easy answer is to drag the size of the button untill the text looks the way you want, or use a label for the button, you can make a label look like a button and use its on click event.

 

[John Steven]

By using a label for a button don't you lose the ability to delete it from your tab control??? Don't know for sure but thought I'd throw in my 2cents worth.
Later
John Steven

 

[pcs]

bgcogen

to get multiple lines on a command button try this:

edit the command button text...
terminate each line with Ctrl M.
this will force a CR into the command button and preserve the centering...

hth,
al

 

[rich.barry]

PCS

Ctrl M is a godsend - it works when entering data in text boxes as well.

What other Ctrl functions are there that are worth knowing about ?

Richard

 

[pcs]

richard,

it's a very mixed blessing...

these shortcuts can be a real pain when you are trying to prevent your users from 'mucking about' in your database.

for some examples, click on the File and Edit menus in access.

do you really want your users to create a new database by using Ctrl N ???

like i said a mixed blessing!

al

btw - Ctrl Enter is the same as Ctrl M, and perhaps more 'user friendly'.