TextWidth in TextGadget

[marcoagpinto]

Hello!

Imagine that I have a string, for example: "Filename:N/A".

I want to create a TextGadget with it, but with the exact size of the text above.

I tried:
TextWidth("Filename:N/A")
but I got an error as it seems to work only with drawing text

Is there a way to make it work with normal gadgets?

Thank you!

Kind regards,
>Marco A.G.Pinto
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[srod]

GadgetWidth() with the mode set to #PB_Gadget_RequiredSize should give you what you are after.

[marcoagpinto]

GadgetWidth() with the mode set to #PB_Gadget_RequiredSize should give you what you are after.

Thank you for your suggestion, but it doesn't work:

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    TextGadget(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS,10,y,200+10,16,"# Words:"+Str(number_of_words))
    ResizeGadget(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS,GadgetX(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS),GadgetY(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS),GadgetWidth(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS),#PB_Gadget_RequiredSize)
    TextGadget(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS_ASTERISK,GadgetX(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS)+GadgetWidth(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS),y,16,16,"*")
    SetGadgetColor(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS_ASTERISK,#PB_Gadget_FrontColor,#Red) 

The asterisk is no longer in the "Filename:N/A" but in the number of items being changed.

Could you help?

Thank you!

[marcoagpinto]

ahhhh... it is working... sorry.

Thank you again!

[#NULL]

You have put the constant as a parameter to ResizeGadget() instead of GadgetWidth().

[Marc56us]

With variable names that long, I wonder how you can see anything?
(I hope it's just for the example?)

For the compiler, spaces don't count, add spaces and split, split, split lines ( , + - )
The indentation is automatic and will tell you if you cut in the right place

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TextGadget(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS_ASTERISK,
           GadgetX(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS) +
           GadgetWidth(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS, #PB_Gadget_RequiredSize),
           y, 16, 16, "*")

It's easier to see if you've forgotten a parameter, or put it in the wrong place

[marcoagpinto]

With variable names that long, I wonder how you can see anything?
(I hope it's just for the example?)

For the compiler, spaces don't count, add spaces and split, split, split lines ( , + - )
The indentation is automatic and will tell you if you cut in the right place

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TextGadget(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS_ASTERISK,
           GadgetX(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS) +
           GadgetWidth(#TEXT_PANEL_BOX_DICTIONARY_NUMBER_WORDS, #PB_Gadget_RequiredSize),
           y, 16, 16, "*")

It's easier to see if you've forgotten a parameter, or put it in the wrong place

Buaaaaaaaaaaa... lately I have been using variables bigger and bigger to make it easier to remember what they are for.

Thank you guys for all the suggestions.