MeasureText proc (client)

Format

MeasureText(text, style, width=0)

Args

• text: The text to be measured
• style: Stylesheet to be used (leave blank to use the default map control’s styles, if any)
• width: Width limit, if you only want to measure height; 0 means no limit

Returns

A size value in "[width]x[height]" format, e.g. “60x16”

Because maptext rendering may vary by client, MeasureText lets you get a measurement of how text will be laid out, so you can adjust maptext_width and maptext_height accordingly.

See also

• maptext_width var (atom)
• maptext_height var (atom)