Difference between revisions of "FontBase:layoutText"
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Compute the layout of the given text according to a given rectangular region size, layout flags and other parameters.<br /> | Compute the layout of the given text according to a given rectangular region size, layout flags and other parameters.<br /> | ||
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| − | Refer to [[TextField:setLayout]] for a description of the arguments.<br/> | + | Refer to [[Special:MyLanguage/TextField:setLayout|TextField:setLayout]] for a description of the arguments.<br/> |
The returned table contains the following fields: | The returned table contains the following fields: | ||
- x,y,w,h: Computed bounding box of the full text | - x,y,w,h: Computed bounding box of the full text | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 23 August 2018
Available since: Gideros 2017.10
Description
Compute the layout of the given text according to a given rectangular region size, layout flags and other parameters.
Refer to TextField:setLayout for a description of the arguments.
The returned table contains the following fields:
- x,y,w,h: Computed bounding box of the full text
- lines: The number of lines used to display the text
- parts: Information about individual chunks of texts.
Each table in the part field of the returned table describe the placement of chunks of text. Their fields are:
- text: The text to display in this chunk
- x,y,w,h: Computed bounding box of this chunk
- dx,dy: Coordinates to draw this chunk at
- sep: separator character that came just after this chunk in text block
- line: line number this chunk belongs to
(table) = FontBase:layoutText(text,width,height,flags,letterSpacing,lineSpacing,tabSpace,breakChar)
Parameters
text: (string)
width: (number)
height: (number)
flags: (number, default=FontBase.TLF_NOWRAP)
letterSpacing: (number, default = 0)
lineSpacing: (number, default = 0)
tabSpace: (number, default = 4)
breakChar: (string) optional
Return values
Returns (table) A table describing how to draw the given text.
