hPosition attribute

The hposition attribute determines the horizontal position at which to display the item on the screen.

Member of

Syntax

/ hPosition = x

/ hPosition = expression

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
x	extent	The horizontal screen coordinate in pixels, percent (default), or points.
expression	value	An expression resolving to the horizontal screen coordinate in pixels, percent (default), or points.

Remarks

The value is specified as a percentage of the horizontal plane of the screen, where 0.0 corresponds to the left edge of the screen and 100.0 to the right. The default value is 50.0, which corresponds to the center of the screen.

Examples

The following randomly selects the position of the text to be the right, left, or center of the screen:

<text myText>
/ items = ("ipsum")
/ hPosition = noReplace(0, 50, 100)
</text>

The following sets the position based on the trial number:

<text myText>
/ items = ("ipsum")
/ hPosition = trial.myTrial.currentTrialNumber * 5
</text>