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Re: widget_label with multiple lines [message #54839 is a reply to message #54789]

Tue, 17 July 2007 12:32

Doug Edmundson
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Registered: November 2005

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bill.dman@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jul 13, 1:47 pm, JD Smith <jdsm...@as.arizona.edu> wrote:
>> The following produces a multi-line widget label under Unix and OSX, but
>> not Windows:
>>
>> b=widget_base(/ROW)
>> l=widget_label(b,VALUE=string(replicate('test',6)+string(10b ),FORMAT='(6A)'))
>> widget_control, b,/realize
>>
>> Would string([13b,10b]) work under Windows? If not, any other
>> recommendation for a multi-line label?
>>
>> JD
>
> It unattractive, but supplying YSIZE to widget_label() works in
> windows. The trouble is the UNITS
> keyword doesn't offer lines as an option, just pixels, centimeters,
> and inches.
>

For what it's worth, WIDGET_INFO's STRING_SIZE keyword will return the
width and height of a string using either the widget's font or a
specified font. The widget's padding is not included, but
ascending/descending should be.

Doug

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		Re: widget_label with multiple lines By: bill.dman on Fri, 13 July 2007 23:59
		Re: widget_label with multiple lines By: Vince Hradil on Fri, 13 July 2007 11:48
		Re: widget_label with multiple lines By: Doug Edmundson on Tue, 17 July 2007 12:32

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