getTextWidth

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Description

Description:

Returns estimated width of the text based on font type and size. Similar to ctrlTextWidth but doesn't require a control and can be used to estimate text width for any control including buttons. Result does not include left and right margins (hardcoded at 0.008 each).

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

text getTextWidth [font, size]

Parameters:

text: String - text string to measure

[font, size]: Array

font: String - font type

size: Number - font size

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

_textWidth = "Hello World" getTextWidth ["PuristaMedium", 0.03];

Example 2:

_textWidthInclMargins = ("Hello World" getTextWidth ["PuristaMedium", 0.03]) + 0.016;

Example 3:

private _ctrl = findDisplay 46 ctrlCreate ["RscText", -1]; _ctrl ctrlSetText "TestString"; _ctrl ctrlSetFont "PuristaMedium"; _ctrl ctrlSetFontHeight 0.04; ctrlTextWidth _ctrl == ("TestString" getTextWidth ["PuristaMedium", 0.04]) + 0.016; // true

Additional Information

See also:

ctrlTextWidth

Notes

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[[Category:Introduced with arma3dev version 1.97]][[ Category: arma3dev: New Scripting Commands | GETTEXTWIDTH]][[ Category: arma3dev: Scripting Commands | GETTEXTWIDTH]]