Returns the width of a line of text when drawn with this font. Use this to center text or calculate background dimensions.

Syntax

• int GetTextWidth(const std::string& text)

Parameters

• text: the text to calculate the width of.

Returns

Returns the width of the specified text.

Example

#include "Leadwerks.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
        Leadwerks::Window* window = Leadwerks::Window::Create();
        Context* context = Context::Create(window);
        //Load a font
        Font* font = Font::Load("Fonts/arial.ttf", 36);
        
        context->SetFont(font);
        while (true)
        {
                if (window->Closed() || window->KeyDown(Key::Escape)) return false;

                context->SetColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
                context->Clear();
                context->SetColor(1, 1, 1, 0);
                //Display some centered text
                std::string text = "Leadwerks";
                int screenwidth = context->GetWidth();
                int screenheight = context->GetHeight();
                int x = (screenwidth - font->GetTextWidth(text)) / 2;
                int y = (screenheight - font->GetHeight()) / 2;

                context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Alpha);
                context->DrawText(text, x, y);
                
                context->SetBlendMode(Blend::Solid);
                context->Sync();
        }
        return 0;
}