getting the width and height of a String to draw a rectangle around it

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jakester - 05 Apr 2007 00:52 GMT

I have to draw (using Graphics or Graphics2D) a rectangle around a
String. How do I get the width and height of a String to draw a
rectangle around it? It seems there are many factors (i.e. Font/Face).
A simple example would help me.

Thanks.

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Daniel Pitts - 05 Apr 2007 01:12 GMT

> I have to draw (using Graphics or Graphics2D) a rectangle around a
> String. How do I get the width and height of a String to draw a
> rectangle around it? It seems there are many factors (i.e. Font/Face).
> A simple example would help me.
>
> Thanks.

if you have a Graphics object g.
g.getFontMetrics().getStringBounds();
loop up: java.awt.FontMetrics.

Alternatively:

JLabel label = new JLabel("My Text");
label.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));

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Esmond Pitt - 05 Apr 2007 01:37 GMT

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#getStringBounds(char[
],%20int,%20int,%20java.awt.font.FontRenderContext)
or one of the overloads of
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#getLineMetrics(java.t
ext.CharacterIterator,%20int,%20int,%20java.awt.font.FontRenderContext)

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Daniel Pitts - 05 Apr 2007 05:57 GMT

> > I have to draw (using Graphics or Graphics2D) a rectangle around a
> > String. How do I get the width and height of a String to draw a
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> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#getStringB...[],%20in
t,%20int,%20java.awt.font.FontRenderContext)
> or one of the overloads ofhttp://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Font.html#getLineMet...)

Funny, he gets a reply from a Pitts and a Pitt.

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