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adding newline character within a label

MalcolmWhite

I'm searching for a way to edit a label using the properties menu and adding a newline character within the label string so the label wraps

in the middle somewhere and becomes usable when width is small. 

Obviously a layout person could just make two labels and edit the label height so it fits in a certain width, but instead I want to use just one label

For example if I have a label in my layout view which is "this_layout_cell_is_a_copy_of_layout_from_ReferenceLibrary_but_well_removed"

this long of a string may not fit in my layout cell width may overhang the edges by quite a bit.

There used to be a way to insert (I think it was an ascii character for newline ) a escape character and then extended command characters .

I cannot find the reference for that anymore.

What I would like would be a string I can place in layout like : "this_layout_cell_is_a_copy_of_layout\n _from_ReferenceLibrary_but_well_removed"

the \n character placed in the middle would create one label that looks like  :

this_layout_cell_is_a_copy_of_layout

_from_ReferenceLibrary_but_well_removed

Thank you for your time.

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  • MalcolmWhite

    nevermind Cadence - I figured it out - you can't create the label with the ordinary label tool under Create,  you can't enter carraige return with the property edit menu , you have to create the label with the dbCreateLabel() and while you enter the 4th parameter, the interpreter will take a \n in the middle of the string and wrap the text.   this one created what I needed.  dbCreateLabel(geGetEditCellView() list("text" "drawing" ) 31.0:38.0 "really_Long\n_Label_Test" "centerCenter" "R0" "roman" 1.0)

  • dmay
    in reply to MalcolmWhite

    Be aware that exporting with Oasis (not stream) will not like those trailing whitespaces and carriage returns.

    Derek

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to dmay

    Hi Derek,

    That was a limitation at one point, but fixed (as far as I can see) in IC616 ISR3. Trailing spaces aren't a problem anyway I believe, but the carriage returns aren't allowed in OASIS, so now what happens is you get this in the log file:

    WARNING (XOASIS-81084): Input text "albert?george?" has symbols with ASCII codes: 0xA, 0xA, which are not supported by OASIS and therefore substituted by '_'. The modified text "albert_george_" will be translated to OASIS layer 7 and OASIS data type 0.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to dmay

    Hi Derek,

    That was a limitation at one point, but fixed (as far as I can see) in IC616 ISR3. Trailing spaces aren't a problem anyway I believe, but the carriage returns aren't allowed in OASIS, so now what happens is you get this in the log file:

    WARNING (XOASIS-81084): Input text "albert?george?" has symbols with ASCII codes: 0xA, 0xA, which are not supported by OASIS and therefore substituted by '_'. The modified text "albert_george_" will be translated to OASIS layer 7 and OASIS data type 0.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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