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Hi all -

Got a really odd problem here and would appreciate any advice you might have.

Here's the situation:

I've got a group that consists of an imported image and a text field.
I've positioned the group off screen.
I issue a command to move the group across the screen like such: This works just fine on the Mac desktop and iOS devices.

Unfortunately, on Android, I'm seeing some strange behavior:
As the group enters the visible portion of the screen, all of the characters of the field are bunched up together at the left side of the screen. As the group continues to move across the screen, the field lengthens to show the text as intended. Kind of difficult to describe, so I attached a simple stack to demonstrate.

Any ideas why this might be happening and what I can do to fix the problem?

Thanks so much.

Joel

Here are some things I've tried that haven't solved the problem:
- in the text field's inspector, either locking or unlocking its location
- changing the layer of the group
- putting an object on a higher layer at the left edge of the screen

Bottom line, everything I've tried so far (on Android - both simulator and device) results in the text of the group getting bunched up at the left side of the screen and then slowly unbunching as the group slides to the right.

Any other suggestions?

I'd be ever so grateful.

Thanks so much.

Joel

Hi Joel,
No good news here.
I'm just confirming the problem.

Simon

If your intention is to create a page change, you should use two different cards and use the visual effect: More information on visual effect in the dictionary.

I tried several things and none worked. It's a bug, I'd report it.

Thanks, all. I appreciate confirmation that I haven't made a stupid mistake.
That's a refreshing change of pace...

Joel

Hi Joel - did you make a bug report and if so what's it number so I can sign myself up to it?

For me 'move' on android doesn't work and only snaps to the new location (but text inside fields is fine) - I'm repeatedly calling a handler that increments the loc of a the control I want to use instead

Dave