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Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #698875] Wed, 20 July 2011 12:14 Go to next message
Joerg Reichert is currently offline Joerg ReichertFriend
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Hello,

My context: I create a shape with an icon and (multi-)text in the AddFeature and I want to set the width of the shape according to the length of the text. Is there already a Graphiti function for doing that?

My current approach is to multiply the text length with a certain factor but this works out not very well. I found another approch by using FontMetrics in another Eclipse forum post, but do not know how to get a drawable from a Graphiti shape.

GC gc = new GC(drawable);
FontMetrics fontMetrics = gc.getFontMetrics();
gc.dispose();
int width = fontMetrics.getAverageCharWidth() * text.toCharArray().length;

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Re: Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #698888 is a reply to message #698875] Wed, 20 July 2011 12:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jos Warmer is currently offline Jos WarmerFriend
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Good question. I tried to find something for this as well and could not find it either. Also see this thread: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/651158/?srch=text+graphiti#msg_651158

Jos
Re: Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #698898 is a reply to message #698888] Wed, 20 July 2011 12:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Joerg Reichert is currently offline Joerg ReichertFriend
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Hi Jos,

with new Shell() the code seems to work.

GC gc = new GC(new Shell());
FontMetrics fontMetrics = gc.getFontMetrics();
gc.dispose();
int width = fontMetrics.getAverageCharWidth() * ((text != null) ? text.toCharArray().length : 0);

This was inspired by:
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/164898/522303/#msg_522303

There is also a FigureUtilities.getTextExtents but this requires a org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font to pass
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/3735/11116/#msg_11116

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Re: Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #699346 is a reply to message #698898] Thu, 21 July 2011 11:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michael Wenz is currently offline Michael WenzFriend
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Graphiti provides the UI layout service for doing this
(GraphitiUi.getUiLayoutService().calculateTextSize(String text, Font font)).
As you see it also requires the font (and in the end delegates to draw2D
TextUtilities), but for knowing the correct extend of a text it is important
to know the font because characters might have different widths in different
fonts.

The thread Jos found is a different issue.

HTH,
Michael

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Hi Jos,

with new Shell() the code seems to work.

GC gc = new GC(new Shell());
FontMetrics fontMetrics = gc.getFontMetrics();
gc.dispose();
int width = fontMetrics.getAverageCharWidth() * ((text != null) ?
text.toCharArray().length : 0);

This was inspired by:
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/164898/522303/#msg_522303

There is also a FigureUtilities.getTextExtents but this requires a
org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font to pass
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/3735/11116/#msg_11116

Joerg
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Re: Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #699357 is a reply to message #699346] Thu, 21 July 2011 12:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Joerg Reichert is currently offline Joerg ReichertFriend
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Hi Michael,

sure you need the concrete font properties to calculate the size.
Thanks for pointing to GraphitiUi.getUiLayoutService().calculateTextSize

There are two overloading methods one taking a org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.algorithms.styles.Font
and one taking a org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font, so it fits will.

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Re: Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #699385 is a reply to message #699357] Thu, 21 July 2011 13:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michael Wenz is currently offline Michael WenzFriend
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Really, are you sure?

I see org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.algorithms.styles.Font for both the return
value of AbstractText.getFont and the Parameter font in
IUiLayoutService.calculateTextSize.

Michael


"Joerg Reichert" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi Michael,

sure you need the concrete font properties to calculate the size.
Thanks for pointing to GraphitiUi.getUiLayoutService().calculateTextSize

But org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.algorithms.AbstractText#getFont returns
org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.algorithms.styles.Font the method above needs
org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Font. SO you have to convert the Graphiti font
to a SWT font first

org.eclipse.graphiti.ui.internal.util.DataTypeTransformation.toSwtFont(Font
pictogramFont)

When searching for references where this method is used, I found this method

org.eclipse.graphiti.ui.internal.services.impl.GefService.calculateTextSize(String
text, Font font)

that takes a org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.algorithms.styles.Font. So will use
this method instead (although it is in a internal package).

Regards
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Re: Calculate minimal width of text in shape [message #699392 is a reply to message #699385] Thu, 21 July 2011 13:35 Go to previous message
Joerg Reichert is currently offline Joerg ReichertFriend
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oh, sorry I mixed it up in the Eclipse search result view. There is only one method for org.eclipse.graphiti.mm.algorithms.styles.Font.

Joerg
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