text alignment in windows

[dolarmak 23]

Hey guys, I'm making a window for my menu that displays the amount of ammo you have, but the I want the text to be aligned closer to the upper left than it'll let me. For some reason it won't display the text that high or left. When i try it cuts the letters off. Any suggestions?

 

 

Edit: I actually found a way around this, first i display an empty window in the position i want, then i display a bigger window over top with a opacity of 0 so it only shows the text.

 

If any one knows the real way to do this (in a single window) let me know.

[Hodgeelmf 3]

There really isn't any way to do this without rewriting the window script.  The problem is in how they have designed the creation of windows.  They use quite a bit of space for blt functions from the windowskin to the created window.  Then, the text box is created within the borders of the already padded window.  I ran into this when I started designing the windowskin option for my CMS.  I wish there were a better answer for that.  Your workaround is by no means cheesy; I've done the same thing in the past.  Hope this helps!

[dolarmak 23]

yeah i figured that was the issue. Oh well at least I got it to look how I wanted it to look.