Public Method getTextExtent

static Size getTextExtent(String textString)

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Parameter	Description
textString	text string to measure

this method returns:

Returns	Description
static Size	size of the text string

This method returns the extent of a text string when drawn with the current font. The Size return type delivers the height and width values of the textString.

• Any control characters like carriage returns and ANSI sequences are interpreted correctly if ANSI mode is enabled.
• Characters not defined in the current font table are calculated as full width spaces and this is how they are shown on the display.
• If you use a symbol font (refer to Attribute.setSymbolFontEnabled(boolean)) no horizontal or vertical spaces between the characters will be displayed, and this method calculates its values accordingly.
• If text alignment is on (see Control.setTextAlignment(int, int, int)), the reported height and width values correspond to the setting of the alignment. However, the current cursor position is not taken into account (that means no correction of the right and bottom margin will be made in this case).

Example

Size sizeOfTextString = Control.getTextExtent("Hello World!");

int height = sizeOfTextString.getHeight();

int width  = sizeOfTextString.getWidth();

Alternatively a value can be optained with a single call:

int height = Control.getTextExtent("Hello World!").getHeight();

int widht  = Control.getTextExtent("Hello World!").getWidth();

Size
Draw.writeText(String)
Draw.writeASCIIText(String)
Control.getUnicodeTextExtent(String)
Control.getTextMessageExtent(int)