FontOperationTextImageBoundsOnCanvas

Typeoperator
DictionaryLCB
LibraryLiveCode Builder
Syntax
the image bounds of text <mText> on <mCanvas>
Associationscom.livecode.canvas
Summary

Measure text precisely when drawn to a canvas.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
mText

An expression which evaluates to a string.

mCanvas

An expression which evaluates to a canvas.

Example
// Set the canvas font
set the font of this canvas to font "Arial" at size 18

variable tBounds as Rectangle
put the image bounds of text "Sample text" on this canvas into tBounds
Values
NameTypeDescription
return

The bounding box of mText when drawn at point 0,0 with the current font of mCanvas. Returns the bounds as a rectangle.

Description

The exact bounds of the text, which will fully enclose each character.

Note: This can be more time-consuming to compute than the layout bounds.

Tagscanvas