Tool Label on Cursor

[tomasso mortgage]

I don't remember when it stared, but when I use Typewriter, there's the word "Typewriter" extending from my cursor which blocks what I'm typing. It's pretty annoying and I always have to remember to move my cursor once I've clicked where I want to type. I see that the other tools have a small Icon and that's fine, but this long complete word is a bit much.

If there's no way to turn this off, please consider this feedback for a future update.

[Will - Tracker Supp]

Hi tomasso mortgage,

Thanks for the post - I'm afraid that there isn't any way to turn this off and this is not likely to change. This was added by popular request, in order to show a preview of the text position for better placement. Adding options for things like this is what would be called bloat and as such not something we would consider.

Thanks,

[lev]

There are a couple of ways to achieve what you want. Take a look at viewtopic.php?f=62&t=31516&p=127684&hil ... ry#p127684

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Thanks for the link Lev,
It certainly is possible to achieve this in the Editor with JavaScript (Ctrl+J). Beyond simply removing the preview text, you can change it to any text you want. We do recommend that you keep at least one letter present, as this preview shows you in advanced what font, size, and other text related settings are currently in use, but you do not have to.
As in the other thread, You can shorten it to just the letter T like so:

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app.setOption("Tools.TypeWriter.PreviewText", "T");

If you want it blank, you can replace the T with a space instead.

Kind regards,

[jsampsontheumpteenth]

I too would like to be able to see what I am typing, but Ctrl-J does not bring up "Javascript" so that I can get rid of this obscuring script "Typewriter". Can you give clearer instructions for this, please.
Regards
John Sampson

[TrackerSupp-Daniel]

Hello Jsampson,

The JavaScript console should always open with Ctrl+J if you are running the latest version of our Editor. Can you please verify that you have version 8 build 334 installed currently? If not please update and try again.

alternatively, the JavaScript console can also be launched from the form tab:

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Kind regards,