Text Pointer Tool

(Document and Medical Imaging toolkits)

The text pointer annotation object (ANNOBJECT_TEXTPOINTER) is a rectangle with a line that starts from one of the four corners. The other endpoint of the line can be moved to point to anything on the underlying image. The rectangle contains a character string with font properties. The text will wrap on word breaks within the object's specified rectangle.

In design mode, click and drag to specify the rectangle in the current window. After letting up on the mouse button, the rectangle is specified. Moving the mouse now specifies the line, with a final mouse click defining the line.

Holding down the Shift key while drawing the rectangle will make the text annotation square. Holding down the Shift Key will snap the line to angles of 45 degrees.

After the text pointer is defined, a dialog box then lets the user enter the text. As soon as the Text object is created, the text will be highlighted. The text may be edited immediately. While in design mode double-click on a text object to edit the text.

This can be achieved programmatically by calling L_AnnTextEdit.

When moving a text pointer, the pointer endpoint of the line can remain fixed, or move with the rest of the text pointer. To change this setting in automation mode, select or deselect the Fixed Pointer check box on the Text Dialog Box for Annotations.

In design mode, click on the object with the right mouse button to do the following:

For information on flipping, reversing or rotating annotation objects, refer to Flipping, Reversing and Rotating Annotation Objects.

For low-level implementation details, refer to Text Pointer Annotation Object.

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