Re: How to set the font in code and measure text dimensions?

Thank you! By using some simple css rule like position:absolute and float:left I remove all the size constraint attached to parent element of the text element I need to measure. This way I get the ideal font size for this element. In order to fill the full space I simply use the css rule: font-size and I pass either a em or % until I got the dimension I need. This is the basic canvas. Now the devil is in the detail as browser doesn't react exactly the same way and I also support the resizing of image, video and flash. I can provide you a more detail explanation later.

btw I am looking for a native english speaker to check my foolish and wild grammar.

On Jul 28, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Nano Elefant wrote:

> Thanks for the great advise!
>
> @Andrei, thank you for the enlightenment. I'll take the canvas
> approach.
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> @Philippe, interesting site, thats pretty close to what i'd like to
> achieve. Could you please give a brief technological overview? (About
> how you've implemented it).
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> @J.Ganesan, thank you for pointing to gwt-g2d.
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> On 28 Jul., 14:13, Philippe Blanc <mecha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the link. I didn't know about this project. Now the TextMeasurer class only apply for canvas not for pure HTML element correct?
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>> On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:37 PM, J.Ganesan wrote:
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>>> You can measure the width and height of text using TextMeasurer class
>>> inhttp://code.google.com/p/gwt-g2d/
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>>> J.Ganesan
>>> www.DataStoreGwt.com
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>>> On Jul 27, 9:20 pm, Nano Elefant <nanof...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
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>>>> Is there a way to set the font and font size of either a HTML,
>>>> RichTextArea or TextArea in code?
>>>> Is there a way to calculate the width and height of a text if i know
>>>> the font?
>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>
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