DgsLabelGetTextSize

This function retrieves the theoretical width and height (in pixels) of a certain piece of text of dgs label.

Syntax

float float dgsLabelGetTextSize( element theLabel )

Required Arguments

theLabel: The label of whose text you wish to retrieve the width and height.

Returns

Returns two floats representing the width and height of the text in pixels.

Example

This example creates a text label, gets the text extent and font height, and sets the text label size according to these values.

DGS = exports.dgs

local myLabel = DGS:dgsCreateLabel ( 200, 200, 100, 100, "OK. This is a dgs label of which you want to get the text width and height", false )
DGS:dgsSetProperty(myLabel,"wordBreak",true)
local width,height = DGS:dgsLabelGetTextSize( myLabel )
local background = DGS:dgsCreateImage(200, 200, width, height, _, false, _, tocolor(0,0,0,100))

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