Unless you set the label to display:block it will expand to the width of its container (it is actually a div). With display:block it will just be as wide as it needs. Why can't you move it once it is added?
Ian http://examples.roughian.com 2009/8/17 Mike Jacobs <[email protected]> > > Once I added the label to the intended container (the map pane in the > Google map API), the width was calculated correctly. Since I cannot > move the widget once it has been added, I add it to get the dimensions > and then remove it before adding it where it belongs. > > Thanks for the help. > > Mike > > On Aug 17, 7:27 am, Mike Jacobs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The label offset width is zero prior to adding to the root panel and > > unusually large after adding it. The width is supposedly 761 for a > > string of "~~testing~~". I will experiment with this a bit more but > > this width seems like it might be the width of the root panel at the > > time. > > > > On Aug 16, 7:15 pm, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Label label = new Label("Some Text)"); > > > RootPanel.get().add(label); > > > int length = label.getOffsetWidth(); > > > > > Ian > > > > >http://examples.roughian.com > > > > > 2009/8/16 Mike Jacobs <[email protected]> > > > > > > There is no method to get the width on the Label widget or any of the > > > > super classes. How would I get the width? > > > > > > On Aug 16, 5:19 pm, Ian Bambury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just add it, get the width and then place it where you want it. > > > > > Ian > > > > > > >http://examples.roughian.com > > > > > > > 2009/8/16 Mike Jacobs <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > I have a case where I am dynamically adding a Label widget with > > > > > > program determined label text. (It is adding a Label on top of a > > > > > > Google Map but this question is about GWT widgets). Since the > label > > > > > > text can vary at run time and I would like to center the label at > a > > > > > > specific pixel location, I need to figure out the pixel size of > the > > > > > > label to position it properly. > > > > > > > > I can specify a pixel width and height when creating the Label. > Is it > > > > > > possible to determine the appropriate size of the Label based on > the > > > > > > label text length? Is is possible to ask the label for it's > pixel > > > > > > size afterward instead? > > > > > > > > I have been using a simple approach of using width = text length > * 11 > > > > > > (since the font is 11px) but that appears to be off by a few > pixels > > > > > > presumably due to varying width of characters. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Mike > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
