Allow a small top+bottom margin which text won't go into

[jgclark]

Is this a feature relevant to companion itself, and not a module?

• I believe this to be a feature for companion, not a module

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Describe the feature

This is the view of one of my frequently-used buttons.

The first and last letters are slightly distorted by the edge of the plastic keycap. The only way to keep the top alignment and avoid this distortion is to reduce the size of the text.
However, if a tiny margin -- just 1 or 2 pixels -- could be configured to move the top alignment down by, and move the bottom alignment up by, then the distortion would go.

Usecases

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[dnmeid]

Hi @jgclarc,
thanks for your idea. The graphics system is currently under active development and will improve further. The main goal with our at this time limited control over text placement is to maximise the usable space. Currently we are using a 2 pixel offset from the top of the button when no topbar is shown. This is the best compromise between space utilization and not going into the edge of the key. We tested it with different surfaces and common wiewing angles.
If we now change this, it will break some existing button designs from many users.
In the future it is planned to give the users control over the bounding box of each text element and also allow for multiple elements on buttons. This functionality is already available in the renderer now but still needs to be exposed to the GUI in a useful way. So please be patient.

[jgclark]

That's great news, @dnmeid. Thanks for the taking the time to explain this.