can you reference individual padding values?

[dans98]

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[MyString]
Meter=String
Text=Hello, world!
padding=11,12,13,14
FontColor=200,150,255,100
X=20
Y=10
W=100
H=50

given the example meter above, I know you can get its X, Y, W, & H setting using like this [MyString:X].

Is it possible to reference an individual padding option by that i mean Left, Top, Right, or Bottom, if so how?

[jsmorley]

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[MyString]
Meter=String
Text=Hello, world!
padding=11,12,13,14
FontColor=200,150,255,100
X=20
Y=10
W=100
H=50

given the example meter above, I know you can get its X, Y, W, & H setting using like this [MyString:X].

Is it possible to reference an individual padding option by that i mean Left, Top, Right, or Bottom, if so how?

Something like:
padding=#left#,#top#,#right#,#bottom#

Then there are several ways to control the values contained by the [Variables]. Particularly, the action !SetVariable. The current values can be retrieved by referencing the variable as #left# etc. Be sure to use DynamicVariables=1 on any measure or meter you are getting the current value in.

[dans98]

Something like:
padding=#left#,#top#,#right#,#bottom#

Then there are several ways to control the values contained by the [Variables]. Particularly, the action !SetVariable. The current values can be retrieved by referencing the variable as #left# etc. Be sure to use DynamicVariables=1 on any measure or meter you are getting the current value in.

That I have done before, I was hoping it was possible to do it without needing to use variables.

[Yincognito]

That I have done before, I was hoping it was possible to do it without needing to use variables.

Yeah, the section variable parameters list is limited to some key options that are used more frequently (for example, there is no [SomeMeter:Hidden] either). That being said, besides using variables like jsmorley suggested (a quite comfortable method overall), you could use inline Lua to get the value of any option from a measure or meter, via something like (SKIN:GetMeter('SomeMeter')):GetOption('Padding') in this case, then perform some string splitting to get and return individual paddings:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/lua-scripting/
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/lua-scripting/inline-lua/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19262761/lua-need-to-split-at-comma
I know, it takes some light effort to do it, but it is a possibility nevertheless.