FontOperationTextLayoutBounds

Typeoperator
DictionaryLCB
LibraryLiveCode Builder
Syntax
the [ layout ] bounds of text <mText> with <mFont>
Associationscom.livecode.canvas
Summary

Measure text when drawn with a font.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
mText

An expression which evaluates to a string.

mFont

An expression which evaluates to a font.

Example
// Set up tFont as size 18 Arial
variable tFont as Font
put font "Arial" at size 18 into tFont

// Measure text with tFont
variable tBounds as Rectangle
put the bounds of text "Sample text" with tFont into tBounds
Values
NameTypeDescription
return

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

Description

The layout bounds of the text, constructed from the ascent and descent values of the font, and the width of the text string.

Note: The layout bounds is used to position blocks of text relative to each other, so the text may overlap these bounds.

Tagscanvas