Graphics.DrawText wrapwidth = 0 or -1

Syntec

If possible, it would be great to have a way to vertically centre text in a boundingheight without wrapping. Currently the VerticalTextAlignment only functions for the 5 parameter overload of DrawText which includes wrapwidth, setting wrapwidth to 0 or -1 should disable it but still respect the VerticalTextAlignment but it doesn't, as a workaround I am using g.TextWidth to ensure my text never wraps (but this is a TextField control so this adds a lot of g.TextWidth calls), I could also just use a huge number, but it would be nice to have a way to respect VerticalTextAlignment without wrapWidth.

Syntec

I just realized I need to use g.TextWidth anyways for right alignment as there is no way to set a "right" for draw text so I have to calculate and move x based on the width. It would be neat if textalignment changed the drawing behaviour of DrawText

HorizontalTextAlignment.Left (X is left and text drawing is rightwards)
HorizontalTextAlignment.Centre (X is the centre and text drawing is split leftwards/rightwards)
HorizontalTextAlignment.Right (X is right and text drawing is leftwards)

Actually, I will create a graphics extension to do exactly that for me.

rgb

Syntec

Hi,
have trying their properties:

      g.TextAlignment = .Right

      g.VerticalTextAlignment = .Centre

Syntec

rgb I will implement short form once I am done, my issue is for right alignment wrapwidth functions as the boundingwidth, but if you need to draw a long string right aligned and vertically centred that you do not want to wrap, you must use g.TextWidth since x is always the left there is no way to have a long unwrapped text right aligned without it as the right edge depends on wrapwidth.

rgb

Syntec

Thanks for the precision, if you can post your graphics extension when available may be help some users.

Garry

Good suggestion. This has now been implemented and will be included in the next release:

https://feedback.objo.dev/feature/1379

The five-argument DrawText() overload now treats a wrapWidth of zero or any negative value as “do not wrap”, while still honouring boundingHeight and VerticalTextAlignment.

g.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Right
g.VerticalTextAlignment = TextAlignment.Middle
g.DrawText("Right-aligned without wrapping", 300, 50, 0, 100)

One clarification regarding horizontal alignment: for unwrapped text, x already acts as the left, centre, or right anchor according to TextAlignment. Therefore, TextWidth() is not required to position unwrapped text by its right edge.