Re: get a string's width in unit of pixel

[Tim Evans <t evans aranz com>]

Liu Neo-W4135C wrote:
> i'm a newbie in GTK world and want to know how to get a string's width 
> in unit of pixel( there should be a way, right).

First call:

PangoLayout *layout = gtk_widget_create_pango_layout(widget, "text");

on the widget that the string will be used for (different widget styles 
mean that you can't make a general function).  Then call:

pango_layout_get_pixel_size(layout, &width, &height);

To get the width and height.  Make sure ou free 'layout' when you're 
done with it by calling:

g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(layout));

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Tim Evans
Applied Research Associates NZ
http://www.aranz.com/