How to measure text width in KineticJS?

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by aubrey , in category: Javascript , 5 months ago

How to measure text width in KineticJS?

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by haylee.mertz , 5 months ago

@aubrey 

To measure text width in KineticJS, you can use the getTextWidth method of the Kinetic.Text object. Here is an example of how you can use this method to measure the width of a text:

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// Create a Kinetic.Text object with the desired text and font properties
var text = new Kinetic.Text({
    x: 10,
    y: 10,
    text: 'Hello, World!',
    fontSize: 16,
    fontFamily: 'Arial',
});

// Add the text to a layer and stage
var layer = new Kinetic.Layer();
layer.add(text);
stage.add(layer);

// Get the width of the text
var textWidth = text.getTextWidth();

console.log('Text width:', textWidth);


In this example, we create a Kinetic.Text object with the text 'Hello, World!' and specific font properties. We then add the text to a layer and stage. Finally, we use the getTextWidth method to get the width of the text and log it to the console.