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annemarie YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 43	length of a text string in pixels? Aug 2nd, 2006, 8:43pm   Hi all, I would like to return into a variable how long a text string is - is that possible? Or do I have to write the text within a defined area - a rectangle that I know the length of? What would be the best way to go? annemarie

neilb YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11	Re: length of a text string in pixels? Reply #1 - Aug 2nd, 2006, 11:36pm   I believe textWidth() is what you're looking for... cheers, neil