Margin sizes doesn't seem to work with backcolor

[damned]

You might see if there is a way to use the onLoseFocus event.

[MooCow]

Oh, I get what you're saying now, damned. Moon Wizard clarified offset for me - that it only takes TWO values, and not four - and I should probably use bounds instead. That's where "setStaticBounds" comes in. Things make sense now.

[MooCow]

Returning after a few days break, I finally got it to work.
For reference, this is the code that I used:

<label_char name="occupationlabel">
	<anchored to="occupationframe" position="insidetopleft" height="15" />
	<static textres="char_label_occupation" />
	<script>
		function onFirstLayout()
			local nWidth,_ = getSize();
			setAnchoredWidth(nWidth+10)
		end
	</script>
</label_char>

By using an anchored tag instead of a bounds tag, I avoid setting a definite width for the control, which was my first mistake, because that meant that the text had stopped pushing the width out entirely. (Yes, I was that stupid.)
This meant that I went with setAnchoredWidth() instead of setStaticBounds().
I might update the code later, since this is just my first working prototype. (To get the margins on both sides, I just included the "<center />" tag.)

Thank you again, damned. You set me on the right track.
Bidmaron, I still don't understand what you meant by lua tables, but thank you for trying to help none-the-less.

[Bidmaron]

Glad you got it working. I am out of town again and will try to get you specific references for what I was talking about cuz you will probably need it at some point