What contributes to a labels width?

[Randahl Fink Isaksen]

Font is open sans regular. Both getLayoutBounds() and getBoundsInLocal() return the same from text.

R.


On Dec 4, 2012, at 21:37 , Felipe Heidrich <felipe.heidrich at oracle.com> wrote:

> 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
>