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Resize string to specific width


cookiedragon234

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I wrote the following code to resize a string until it fits within the specified width:

	public int drawStringClamped(String text, float x, float y, float width, int color)
	{
		int original = fontRenderer.FONT_HEIGHT;
		
		while (getStringWidth(text) > width && fontRenderer.FONT_HEIGHT > 0)
		{
			fontRenderer.FONT_HEIGHT--;
		}
		
		int out = drawString(text, x, y, color);
		
		fontRenderer.FONT_HEIGHT = original;
		
		return out;
	}

This however does not work as the `getStringWidth` function does not take into account the string height! Is there an alternative way to do this? Or potentially to get the string width while taking into account its height. Thanks.

 

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10 minutes ago, cookiedragon234 said:

This however does not work as the `getStringWidth` function does not take into account the string height!

Well... The method is called "getStringWidth".

 

You can get the string height with FontRenderer::FONT_HEIGHT.

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8 minutes ago, cookiedragon234 said:

@DavidM the width of a string will change based on its height, they are proportional

I misunderstood your question. Sorry.

 

Since each character's width is obtained through IGlyph without regards to the font height of the FontRenderer, there is no built-in way to do this. You can however get the proportion of the altered height to the original height and apply that to the original string width. Basically something like:

newWidth = MathHelper.ceil((double) originalWidth / originalHeight * newHeight);

 

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