ctrlTextWidth

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Description

Description:

Returns the width of the control text including left and right margins (0.008 each). Supported control types are:

• CT_STATIC 0
• CT_EDIT 2
• CT_STRUCTURED_TEXT 13

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For control independent text width estimate see getTextWidth

Groups:

GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:

ctrlTextWidth control

Parameters:

control: Control

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

_w = ctrlTextWidth _ctrl;

Additional Information

See also:

ctrlFontHeight getTextWidthctrlTextHeightctrlSetTextctrlTypeArma: GUI Configuration

Notes

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{{subst:Add new note/construct| When working with multiline controls ctrlTextWidth or getTextWidth will not return a proper value since the text will be treated as one long line.

Solution:

disableSerialization;

_display = findDisplay 313 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty";

_edit = _display ctrlCreate ["RscEditMulti", -1];
_edit ctrlSetPosition [0,0,1,1];
_edit ctrlSetBackgroundColor [0,0,0,1];
_edit ctrlSetFont "EtelkaMonospacePro"; 
_edit ctrlSetFontHeight 0.03;
_edit ctrlCommit 0;

private _longestLineWidth = 0;
private _exampleString = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxyz0134567890";
private _text = "";

for "_lines" from 1 to 400 do
{
   _lineText = _exampleString select [round random 35];
   _longestLineWidth = _longestLineWidth max (_lineText getTextWidth ["EtelkaMonospacePro", 0.03]);
   _text = _text + _lineText + endl;
};

_edit ctrlSetText _text;
_edit ctrlSetPositionW (_longestLineWidth + 2 * 0.008);
_edit ctrlCommit 1;