Flash Player 6.
my_fmt
.getTextExtent (text
, [width
])
text
A string.
width
A number that represents the width, in pixels, at which the specified text should wrap.
An object with the properties width
, height
, ascent
, and descent
.
Method; returns metrics of the text string specified in the text
parameter in this character format. The return value is an object of class Object with four properties: width
, height
, ascent
, and descent
.
If width
is specified, word wrapping is applied to the specified text, and the height
value returned is the total height of the wrapped text. Thus, you can determine how tall a text box must be to show all of the specified text.
The text
string is treated as plain text (not HTML).