Gets the {\it mapping mode} for the device context (see \helpref{wxDC::SetMapMode}{wxdcsetmapmode}).
+\membersection{wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent}\label{wxdcgetmultilinetextextent}
+
+\constfunc{void}{GetMultiLineTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{wxCoord *}{w},\\
+ \param{wxCoord *}{h}, \param{wxCoord *}{heightLine = NULL}, \param{wxFont *}{font = NULL}}
+
+\constfunc{wxSize}{GetMultiLineTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}}
+
+Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font.
+\rtfsp{\it string} is the text string to measure, {\it heightLine}, if non NULL,
+is where to store the height of a single line.
+
+The text extent is returned in {\it w} and {\it h} pointers (first form) or as
+a \helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object (second form).
+
+If the optional parameter {\it font} is specified and valid, then it is used
+for the text extent calculation. Otherwise the currently selected font is.
+
+Note that this function works both with single-line and multi-line strings.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxFont}{wxfont},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents}{wxdcgetpartialtextextents},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::GetTextExtent}{wxdcgettextextent}
+
+
\membersection{wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents}\label{wxdcgetpartialtextextents}
\constfunc{bool}{GetPartialTextExtents}{\param{const wxString\& }{text},
accurate than the generic implementation then it should be used
instead.
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent}{wxdcgetmultilinetextextent},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::GetTextExtent}{wxdcgettextextent}
+
\pythonnote{This method only takes the {\it text} parameter and
returns a Python list of integers.}
\membersection{wxDC::GetTextExtent}\label{wxdcgettextextent}
-\func{void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{wxCoord *}{w}, \param{wxCoord *}{h},\\
+\constfunc{void}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}, \param{wxCoord *}{w}, \param{wxCoord *}{h},\\
\param{wxCoord *}{descent = NULL}, \param{wxCoord *}{externalLeading = NULL}, \param{wxFont *}{font = NULL}}
+\constfunc{wxSize}{GetTextExtent}{\param{const wxString\& }{string}}
+
Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font.
-\rtfsp{\it string} is the text string to measure, {\it w} and {\it h} are
-the total width and height respectively, {\it descent} is the
+\rtfsp{\it string} is the text string to measure, {\it descent} is the
dimension from the baseline of the font to the bottom of the
descender, and {\it externalLeading} is any extra vertical space added
to the font by the font designer (usually is zero).
+The text extent is returned in {\it w} and {\it h} pointers (first form) or as
+a \helpref{wxSize}{wxsize} object (second form).
+
If the optional parameter {\it font} is specified and valid, then it is used
for the text extent calculation. Otherwise the currently selected font is.
-See also \helpref{wxFont}{wxfont}, \helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont}.
+Note that this function only works with single-line strings.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxFont}{wxfont},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents}{wxdcgetpartialtextextents},\rtfsp
+\helpref{wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent}{wxdcgetmultilinetextextent}
\pythonnote{The following methods are implemented in wxPython:\par
\indented{2cm}{\begin{twocollist}
wxFont *theFont = NULL) const
{ DoGetTextExtent(string, x, y, descent, externalLeading, theFont); }
+ wxSize GetTextExtent(const wxString& string) const
+ {
+ wxCoord w, h;
+ DoGetTextExtent(string, &w, &h);
+ return wxSize(w, h);
+ }
+
// works for single as well as multi-line strings
- virtual void GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString& text,
+ virtual void GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString& string,
wxCoord *width,
wxCoord *height,
wxCoord *heightLine = NULL,
wxFont *font = NULL) const;
+ wxSize GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString& string) const
+ {
+ wxCoord w, h;
+ GetMultiLineTextExtent(string, &w, &h);
+ return wxSize(w, h);
+ }
+
// Measure cumulative width of text after each character
bool GetPartialTextExtents(const wxString& text, wxArrayInt& widths) const
{ return DoGetPartialTextExtents(text, widths); }