I'm trying to achieve framed texts (using Windows Forms), e.g.:
Height is always the same, because my strings are less than 20 chars. What about width? Is there any way to get it automatically?
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possible duplipcate: stackoverflow.com/questions/7714022/how-to-get-a-string-widthdefault– default2012-12-17 12:47:06 +00:00Commented Dec 17, 2012 at 12:47
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Possible duplicate of How can I convert a string length to a pixel unit?Jim Fell– Jim Fell2016-05-17 17:15:58 +00:00Commented May 17, 2016 at 17:15
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2 Answers
Use Graphics.MeasureString()
From MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6xe5hazb.aspx
private void MeasureStringMin(PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Set up string.
string measureString = "Measure String";
Font stringFont = new Font("Arial", 16);
// Measure string.
SizeF stringSize = new SizeF();
stringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString(measureString, stringFont);
// Draw rectangle representing size of string.
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Color.Red, 1), 0.0F, 0.0F, stringSize.Width, stringSize.Height);
// Draw string to screen.
e.Graphics.DrawString(measureString, stringFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF(0, 0));
}
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If you don't feel like dealing with the Paint eventhandler, you could try the TextRenderer class. It has a static method that is identical to the MeasureString() method in the above answer. In this class it is called MeasureText however.
