guiLabelGetTextExtent
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This function returns the extent, or width, of the current text inside a GUI text label.
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- Method: guilabel:getTextExtent(...)
- Variable: .textExtent
Syntax
float guiLabelGetTextExtent ( element theLabel )Required Arguments
- theLabel: The text label to get the text extent from.
Returns
- float: value
Returns the absolute width of the current text inside the text label if the function is successful, false otherwise.
Code Examples
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This example creates a window, a text label, gets the text extent and font height, and sets the text label size according to these values.
-- create the window (the container for our label)local myWindow = guiCreateWindow ( 0, 0, 0.5, 0.4, "Information", true )
-- create the labellocal myLabel = guiCreateLabel ( 10, 10, 0, 0, "This is my text container", false, myWindow )
-- get the (absolute) text extent and font height, and use these to size the labelguiSetSize ( myLabel, guiLabelGetTextExtent ( myLabel ), guiLabelGetFontHeight ( myLabel ), false )See Also
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