Textfield with variable size

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Textfield with variable size

nico_c++

Member #16,940

January 2019

I have a problem. I am designing my own menu classes and so on.
I have now a string in a textfield. And i want to draw this text in a filled rectangle. How do I get the size of the rectangle exactly around the text.
For example is the "M" bigger than the "I", so there isnt a perfect formula.
Is it possible to recognize colors in the display, to recognize the text, or maybe to display the text shaped to the height and width of the rectangle? Of course I would prefer the first method, because then I could use my own fontsize, like I want it.
Pleeease help me (
Greetings from Germany

Peter Hull

Member #1,136

March 2001

Does al_get_text_width do what you want?

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

Try al_get_text_dimensions.

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jmasterx

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October 2009

https://github.com/jmasterx/Agui/blob/master/src/Agui/Widgets/TextField/TextField.cpp#L783

https://github.com/jmasterx/Agui/blob/master/src/Agui/Backends/Allegro5/Allegro5Font.cpp#L127

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nico_c++

Member #16,940

January 2019

Yeaah thank you so much!!