[JW Lua] Dynamic dialog sizing

[Aaron Sherber]

Ah, thanks, didn't know about that. And I didn't realize that the dialog
measurements are in points, must have missed that as well.

Aaron.





On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 3:45 PM Robert Patterson <
robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:

> Have a look at FCTextMetrics. There are a couple of options, but you might
> try GetAdvanceWidthEVPUs first.
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 12:42 PM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com> wrote:
>
>> How can you get the text width from FCFontInfo? I don't see any functions
>> for that.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 1:01 PM Robert Patterson <
>> robert at robertgpatterson.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You could call CreateFontInfo on the control and then use that to get
>>> the text width. You probably need to do this in the InitWindow callback.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 11:45 AM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I see that a couple of places in the library multiply character count
>>>> by 6 in order to get control length. Is that a reasonable approximation for
>>>> the default text fonts?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Aaron.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 8:51 AM Aaron Sherber <aaron at sherber.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm working with FCCustom(Lua)Window and having some difficulties with
>>>>> sizing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to display a static label on a dialog, but I don't know at
>>>>> design time how long the text in the label is -- let's say it's a
>>>>> path+filename. I don't see a way to make the FCCtrlStatic dynamically fit
>>>>> the length of the text, or to make the overall width of the dialog fit the
>>>>> length of the control.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a good way to accomplish this? Or is my best bet to
>>>>> approximate the needed control length in points based on the character
>>>>> count and then set sizes based on that, hoping that everything works?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Aaron.
>>>>>
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