[Ipe-discuss] create white box (multiple lines) which adapts to the text width?

[Tim Hutt]

Ah cool I didn't know about colorbox. I test this and it works if you
put it inside a paragraph object:

\colorbox{white}{\parbox{\columnwidth}{A paragraph.

Another paragraph.
}}

You can then edit the width in the usual way (right-click->Change Width).

On 26 October 2011 12:16, M <Elwood151 at web.de> wrote:
> @Tim:
> thanks for your answer.
> When I place
> \colorbox{white}{text \par test}
> in a label, it is already pretty close to what I need - I just do not manage
> to get the linebreak.
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>> Von: Tim Hutt <tdhutt at gmail.com>
>> Datum: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:42:40 +0100
>> An: elwood151 <elwood151 at web.de>
>> Cc: <ipe-discuss at cs.uu.nl>
>> Betreff: Re: [Ipe-discuss] create white box (multiple lines) which adapts to
>> the text width?
>>
>> You can't make objects track other objects. I think the best you can do is
>> use the paragraph tool, and then draw the background box manually.
>>
>> Or write an ipelet...
>> On Oct 26, 2011 11:16 AM, "elwood151" <elwood151 at web.de> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I want to place text information on top of a photograph.
>>> For better visibility of the text I'd like to create a white rectangle with
>>> the black text above.
>>> Linebreaks in the text shall be possible and the rectangle should
>>> automatically adapt to the size of the text.
>>>
>>> How can I achieve that?
>>>
>>> If I use a minipage element in IPE, I have to define its width manually.
>>> In a normal "label" I can not use a \newline command.
>>> and how could I create the white rectangle in the box?
>>>
>>> I think this is easy with LaTeX but I do not see how to do it at the
>>> moment.
>>>
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