Re: Know how wide text will be on a Canvas

Ah, thank you!

On Thursday, July 5, 2012 8:37:00 PM UTC-4, Jim Douglas wrote:

http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.5/com/google/gwt/canvas/dom/client/Context2d.html#setFont(java.lang.String)

http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.5/com/google/gwt/canvas/dom/client/Context2d.html#measureText(java.lang.String)

http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/javadoc/2.5/com/google/gwt/canvas/dom/client/TextMetrics.html#getWidth()

On Jul 5, 4:17 pm, Sean <slough...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way I can set the font in a canvas:
> *m_context.setFont("bold 12px sans-serif");*
>
> Then take some text, like Hello World! and know how many pixels wide that
> will be? I have a set space on my canvas, and I want to maximize the size
> of the text or justify it correctly. So if I know Hello World will take 50
> pixels in the X-direction, but I have 75 pixels, I can start it at
> x+(75-50)/2.0 pixels and have it centered.
>
> Thanks!

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