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Text Size Report

The Text Size Report is a tool that can be used to ensure that the texts and their translations fit their desired sizes. The Text Size Report renders scenes in different cultures and reports any sizing issues the text might have inside of the Text Size Report panel. 

The Text Size Report panel is displayed by selecting [ View > Output > Text Size Reportesults ] from the menu bar.

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Text Size Report Panel UI

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1 Switch

Switches the panel display style between list view (default) and tree view.
2

Filter

 

Two filters are used to narrow down the items in the list.

  • Left icon: Text node that failed Text Size Report
  • Right icon: Text node that has been tested
3 Search field

Searches for items in the list via the name and path.
4 Execute

Executes Text Size Report For more information, see Executing Text Size Report.
5 Refresh

Refreshes the information in the panel. It is used to update the information when editing operations are performed on a scene, for example, when a node is added.
6 Export

Export the configured Text Size Reportdata in csv file format.

View style

By pressing [ Switch ] icon, you can switch between list view and tree view.

List View

By default the panel is in list view mode and it lists all of the combinations of cultures and texts within the solution. 

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Tree View

In case of large solutions with many scenes and cultures the tree view is recommended. The tree view items are adhering to the following hierarchy: Culture > Scene > Scene Hierarchy.

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In both view style, should any additional text nodes be rendered without being present in the scene, they will be added to the list view along the other nodes and in case of the tree view they will be added to the unpaired nodes.

Executing Text Size Report

The Text Size Reportcan be executed either by clicking the run icon in the Text Size Report panel or using Report > Text Size Reportin the menu bar. The following dialog will appear: 

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The target scenes and cultures should be selected for the Text Size Report Subsequently the inspection can be executed using the [ Check ] button. To select multiple scenes and execute them all at once, press the [ Check All ] button. During inspection, [ check ] button will be replaced with [ Stop ] button, this can be used to interrupt the Text Size Report The collected data will persist even if the Text Size Reportis not fully complete. 

Covered Use Cases

The Text Size Report covers the following usecases: 

  • Static Texts
  • Culture dependent text
  • Text nodes with inherited and provided sizes
  • Text nodes with truncation, wordwrap

The Text Size Report  won't work on: 

  • Text Nodes with disabled rendering
  • Text Nodes outside of the render area
  • Text Nodes with cached layout enabled. 
  • Clipped Text Nodes (Height check only works on word wrapping. Should the first line already be too small it will not check it. )
  • Occluded Text Nodes
  • Dynamic use cases like changing text or size properties at runtime
  • Behavior functionality which rely on Courier features are not properly evaluated in Scene Composer

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