Sfml text goes beyond the bounds of screen

Question

I have this snippet of code

void Graphics::render_text(std::string bunch_of_text) {
    sf::Text text;
    text.setFont(font); // font is a sf::Font
    text.setString(bunch_of_text);
    text.setCharacterSize(text_size); // in pixels, not points!
    text.setFillColor(text_color);
    text.setStyle(text_style);
    window.draw(text);
    window.display();
}

And sometimes this text is really long, and the remainder of the text can't be seen because of bounds. Is there an opportunity to make text perfectly fitting on the screen, such as splitting text into multiple parts or making a new line(\n) inside the text where needed?

Answer 1

Here's one idea (pseudocode):

• While text.getLocalBounds().width > window.size().x:
  • Determine an appropriate place in the text to add a newline. Possibly use text.getCharacterSize() and/or text.getLetterSpacing() to do this calculation.
  • text.setString() to set the new string.