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Font.CalculateTextWidth

Calculates width of text.

Component Version macOS Windows Server FileMaker Cloud FileMaker iOS SDK
Font 6.5 Yes Yes Yes No Yes
MBS( "Font.CalculateTextWidth"; Text { ; Font; Size } )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value
Text The text to measure. "Hello World"
Font Optional
The font name.
Using System font in case of empty parameter.		 "Arial"
Size Optional
The font size to use.
Default is system font size.		 12

Result

Returns number or error.

Description

Calculates width of text.
The plugin uses system font rendering to calculate width. This may be different from what FileMaker renders with it's own engine.
You can use the measured size to detect if text fits a field.

Mac result in logical points, but on Windows in pixels.

Examples

Calculate width of Hello World:

MBS( "Font.CalculateTextWidth"; "Hello World" )
# e.g. 70.9 on Mac and 77 on Windows.

Calculate with Arial

MBS( "Font.CalculateTextWidth"; "Hello World"; "Arial"; 12 )
# e.g. 61 on Windows, 61,7 on Mac

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Created 21st October 2016, last changed 16th November 2018


Font.CalculateTextHeight   -   Font.Deactivate

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