[Suggestion] SpriteFont Global Character Width

It would be helpful to have the "Set character width" action apply globally to the Sprite Font. Whenever I create new text, I have to set the character widths again. I can't think of a case where I wouldn't want it to be a global change.

Thanks

I may be misunderstanding the issue, but you shouldn't have to set the characters widths for each new text within a project. The widths should carry over to each instance of the spritefont. If you're using multiple spritefont objects, and want to set all their character widths, you could add them to a family, and set the character widths of the family.

Doesn't seem to work for me. I have one Spritefont object. At the title screen I set the character widths and they appear correctly. When I start playing the game and spawn a new Spritefont instance, I have to set the character widths again.

This is where a function will help you. Pass in the UID, pick it, and set your character widths there. Call it on the title screen too.

Yeah that should work. But for ease of use, I think the default should just be a global change.

Ah, I see what you mean now. It looks like character widths are only saved per layout. A default character width property sounds like a good idea. In the meantime, you could create a event sheet specifically for setting the the character widths, and include it on the other event sheets.

Setting the character widths in the 'On created' event should fix it without needing any functions or anything else.

Even better. Thanks for the help!