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guiGetSize

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This function gets the size of a GUI element.

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Syntax

float float guiGetSize ( element theElement, bool relative )
Required Arguments
  • theElement: The GUI element to get size of.
  • relative: A boolean representing whether the size should be relative to the element's parent width, or an absolute size in pixels.

Returns

  • float float: value

Returns the GUI element size x and y if the function has been successful, false otherwise.

Code Examples

shared

This example creates a random sized gui window and outputs its size to the chatbox.

local window = guiCreateWindow ( 0, 0, (math.random ( 0, 100 ) / 100), (math.random ( 0, 100 ) / 100), "test", true )
-- Create the window
local x, y = guiGetSize ( window, false ) -- Get the gui window size
outputChatBox ( "Window size: " .. x .. " " .. y ) --output the gui window size

See Also

GUI Functions
GUI Elements
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