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B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven

Reputation: 10267

Is there a generally useful formula for width of generic Windows buttons, checkboxes, and labels based on length of text?

I am dynamically creating various Windows controls where the user supplies the text that will display on a button, alongside a checkbox, inside a label, etc.

With the default Windows font, is there a "good-enough" (this is just a mockup, anyway - doesn't have to always be perfect) formula to determine what the width of the control should be relative to the width of the text? e.g., should it be something like:

Control.Width = text.Length * 3

...or...???

Upvotes: 0

Views: 93

Answers (2)

Gusman
Gusman

Reputation: 15151

You can always measure the text size with TextRenderer.MeasureText. Once you have how much wide the string will be you just need to add some extra width to allow control border's and else.

Upvotes: 3

quantdev
quantdev

Reputation: 23793

There is no need to do this manually.

Setting the AutoSize property to true on your Control will do this for you.

Upvotes: 2

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