Next Newbie Question: Getting font metrics before it is drawn.

[Ed Dana]

If I have a string with the word "supercalifragilisticexpialodocius,"
how do I get it's height and width BEFORE I draw it?

I want to take the string and position it where I need it to be
(centered exactly within a box) based on the strings graphic width and
height.

Thanks again for any clues.

Ed.

 

[Sachin]

Hi Ed,

You can use the stringWidth(String str) & getHeight() method in
java.awt.FontMetrics to get the Width & Height ...

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/FontMetrics.html

Hope this helps!

-Sachin

 

[Ed Dana]

You can use the stringWidth(String str) & getHeight() method in
java.awt.FontMetrics to get the Width & Height ...

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/FontMetrics.html

Hope this helps!

That did the trick! Thanks! I didn't even realize it was there.

Ed.

 

[Steve W. Jackson]

If I have a string with the word "supercalifragilisticexpialodocius,"
how do I get it's height and width BEFORE I draw it?

I want to take the string and position it where I need it to be
(centered exactly within a box) based on the strings graphic width and
height.

Thanks again for any clues.

Ed.

Look at the FontMetrics class. The class itself is abstract, but you
can obtain one from numerous objects via the getFontMetrics() call. If
you're just about to draw it, I'll assume that you're going to have
access to the Graphics object on to which you're drawing, right? So
have a look there.

= Steve =