Control spacing

[John B]

Does anyone know how to determine the exact coordinates of the text
within a label/checkbox/whatever?

I know I could use MeasureCharacterRanges but I think there's an easier way.
The vs designer allows snapping to the edge of the text (not the edge of
the label) and I'd like to be able to replicate that easily in code.

TIA

JB

[Peter Duniho]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0700, John B <jb******@yahoo.comwrote:

Does anyone know how to determine the exact coordinates of the text
within a label/checkbox/whatever?

I know I could use MeasureCharacterRanges but I think there's an easier
way.

What could be easier than getting an exact measurement of where the text
is and calculating its position based on that?

Actually, I should point out that for text display in Forms, you really
want TextRenderer.MeasureText(), because if I recall correctly
TextRenderer is what the Forms controls use to display text. Getting
exactly correct measurements can be tricky, because there's a lot of
formatting options. :) But assuming you get it right, it should give you
exactly the information you want (assuming you really want "the exact
coordinates of the text within a label/checkbox/whatever").

Pete

[John B]

Peter Duniho wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:14:15 -0700, John B <jb******@yahoo.comwrote:

>Does anyone know how to determine the exact coordinates of the text
within a label/checkbox/whatever?

I know I could use MeasureCharacterRanges but I think there's an
easier way.

What could be easier than getting an exact measurement of where the text
is and calculating its position based on that?

Sure, but i'd prefer to use an existing mechanism (if it exists).

Such as Control.Padding, but it is zero for all the controls i've
checked so it doesnt apply.
I'd think that the label/whatever would calculate this info once and
then cache that value until it becomes stale and then recalc and so on.

Actually, I should point out that for text display in Forms, you really
want TextRenderer.MeasureText(),

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Yep, rings a bell, thanks.

Cheers,

JB