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This function retrieves the theoretical width and height (in pixels) of a certain piece of text, if it were to be drawn using dxDrawText.

Syntax

 dxGetTextSize ( )

Code Examples

client

This example draws a text with black background at the bottom right corner of the screen.

local screenWidth, screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize()


local message = "Incredibly huuuuuuuge message"
local messageOffset = 32
local messagePadding = 16
local messageWidth = 256


function renderMessage()
    local textWidth, textHeight = dxGetTextSize(message, messageWidth, 2, "default", true)
    local x = screenWidth - textWidth - messageOffset
    local y = screenHeight - textHeight - messageOffset
    dxDrawRectangle(x - messagePadding, y - messagePadding, textWidth + messagePadding * 2, textHeight + messagePadding * 2, 0x80000000) -- draw background
    dxDrawText(message, x, y, x + textWidth, y + textHeight, 0xFFFFFFFF, 2, "default", "left", "top", false, true)
end
addEventHandler("onClientRender", root, renderMessage)

See Also

Drawing Functions
Drawing Elements
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