display.newText() Dimension.

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#1

Hi all guys, i have a question for you:

Is that any way to get the display.newText() dimension? i mean not the size, i mean total height and width. I need to know it because i want to put my text on a resizable image i have.

Thanks.

#2

Hi @ilparola,

After you create the text object, you can get its width and height as normal:

[lua]

local myTextObject = display.newText( “Hello World!”, 50, 50, “Arial”, 60 )

print( myTextObject.width, myTextObject.height )

[/lua]

Is this what you need, or do I not understand your request?

Brent

#3

And if you want to get back the size of your original object factoring in its xScale and yScale as well, use object.contentWidth / contentHeight (or you can multiply the standard .width/.height times the scale yourself). Not sure if that’s part of the issue, but it can cause problems if you use just width / height on scaled objects…

#4

Hi @ilparola,

After you create the text object, you can get its width and height as normal:

[lua]

local myTextObject = display.newText( “Hello World!”, 50, 50, “Arial”, 60 )

print( myTextObject.width, myTextObject.height )

[/lua]

Is this what you need, or do I not understand your request?

Brent

#5

And if you want to get back the size of your original object factoring in its xScale and yScale as well, use object.contentWidth / contentHeight (or you can multiply the standard .width/.height times the scale yourself). Not sure if that’s part of the issue, but it can cause problems if you use just width / height on scaled objects…