ctrlTextWidth: Difference between revisions

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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:

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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 getTextWidth ctrlTextHeight ctrlSetText ctrlType Arma: GUI Configuration

Notes

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-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]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[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;