DxGetTextWidth

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This function retrieves the theoretical width of a certain piece of text, if it were to be drawn using dxDrawText.

Syntax

float dxGetTextWidth ( string text, [float scale=1, mixed font="default"] )

Required Arguments

• text: A string representing the text for which you wish to retrieve with width for.

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you must supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see Optional Arguments.

• scale: The size of the text.
• font: Either a custom DX font element or the name of a built-in dx font:
  • "default": Tahoma
  • "default-bold": Tahoma Bold
  • "clear": Verdana
  • "arial": Arial
  • "sans": Microsoft Sans Serif
  • "pricedown": Pricedown (GTA's theme text)
  • "bankgothic": Bank Gothic Medium
  • "diploma": Diploma Regular
  • "beckett": Beckett Regular

Returns

Returns the float of the width of the text.

Example

function dxwidth(msg)
    chatbox = getChatboxLayout()
    local length = dxGetTextWidth(msg,chatbox["chat_scale"][1])
    outputChatBox(tostring(length))
end
addEventHandler("onClientChatMessage",getRootElement(),dxwidth)

See Also

• dxDrawImage
• dxDrawImageSection
• dxDrawLine
• dxDrawLine3D
• dxDrawRectangle
• dxDrawText
• dxGetFontHeight
• dxGetTextWidth
• dxCreateFont
• dxCreateTexture
• dxCreateShader
• dxCreateRenderTarget
• dxCreateScreenSource
• dxGetMaterialSize
• dxSetShaderValue
• dxSetShaderTessellation
• dxSetShaderTransform
• dxSetRenderTarget
• dxUpdateScreenSource
• dxGetStatus
• dxSetTestMode

• dxGetTexturePixels
• dxSetTexturePixels
• dxGetPixelsSize
• dxGetPixelsFormat
• dxConvertPixels
• dxGetPixelColor
• dxSetPixelColor