What contributes to a labels width?

[Felipe Heidrich]

Hi Randahl,

It is possible that is bug, but I would need to know the font, text, and platform before I can determine that.

If the font is italic, it is possible the width you are missing is the width of the over hanging. Try using text.getBoundsInLocal() and see if that works.

Regards
Felipe


On Dec 4, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Randahl Fink Isaksen wrote:

> I am trying to calculate the width of a label before it has been laid out by simulating its width as follows:
> 
> 			Text text = new Text();
> 			text.setFont(label.getFont());
> 			text.setText(label.getText());
> 			Bounds bounds = text.getLayoutBounds();
> 			double labelWidth = Math.ceil(bounds.getWidth());
> 
> Unfortunately, it seems the label width I am predicting is a little less than the actual width of the label after layout (69 vs. 71). Could anyone enlighten me here – what else contributes to the width of the label than the font and the text?
> 
> (or could this be attributed to rounding differences inside label and text?)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Randahl