Displaying CUE Print Measurement Data

You can configure the story elements in a CUE Print-integrated storyline to display "as you type" measurement data consisting of character, word and "write to fit" line counts:

The line count changes color according to its write-to-fit status:

• Black if the current line count is less than the requested line count

• Green if the current line count matches the requested line count

• Red if the current line count exceeds the requested line count

To enable this functionality for a story element, you must add a ui:count element story element's type definition (in addition to the cue:cueprint element that specifies its target CUE Print element tag:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<story-element-type
  xmlns="http://xmlns.escenic.com/2008/content-type"
  xmlns:ui="http://xmlns.escenic.com/2008/interface-hints"
  xmlns:cue="http://xmlns.cuepublishing.com/configuration"
  name="headline">
    <ui:label>Headline</ui:label>
    <ui:icon>headline</ui:icon>
    <ui:priority>900</ui:priority>
    <ui:count show="true"/>
    <cue:cue-print elementTag="Headline">
    <field name="headline" type="basic" mime-type="text/plain">
        <ui:title-field/>
    </field>
    <ui:style>
      .story-element-headline [contenteditable='true'] {
        font-size: 2.5em;
      }
    </ui:style>
</story-element-type>

Note that:

• The ui:count element's for attribute (used when enabling word/character counts for online storylines, see Configuring Character and Word Counts) is not used in this context.

• The ui:count element can only be used in this way with story elements. Although the ui:count element can added to individual fields of a story element when enabling word/character counts for online storylines (see Configuring Character and Word Counts), this is not the case when enabling CUE Print-based measurements.