But measureText() or measureHTMLText() will measure the width of the whole text after considering the current styles for the component. So, it will take care of different letters as well as different fonts.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:07 AM, valdhor <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The problem you are going to face is that different fonts have different > widths for different characters. For example, an "i" is thinner than an "o". > You could try using a fixed width font and then counting characters. > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "ivansebastiansurya" <ivansebastiansu...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm having a problem regarding measuring the width of a Label control. > > In my item renderer, I need to display a list of labels, but the number > of labels per row depends on how many of them fit within one row. > > To do that, I need to actually measure the width of the label created > prior to being added as a child of my renderer. > > Anyone has any idea how to do that? > > > > I need something like: > > > > var label:Label = new Label(); > > label.text = "Test label"; > > // Then I need to measure the width of the created label. > > > > Cheers and thanks in advance for reading my post. > > > > Ivan. > > > > >
