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id	title	sidebar_label
qfontmetrics	QFontMetrics	QFontMetrics

Hierarchy

• Component

  ↳ QFontMetrics

Index

Constructors

• constructor

Properties

• native
• nodeChildren
• nodeParent

Methods

• ascent
• averageCharWidth
• capHeight
• descent
• fontDpi
• height
• horizontalAdvance
• inFont
• leading
• leftBearing
• lineSpacing
• lineWidth
• overlinePos
• rightBearing
• setNodeParent
• size
• strikeOutPos
• swap
• underlinePos
• xHeight

Constructors

constructor

+ new QFontMetrics(native: NativeElement): QFontMetrics

Overrides Component.constructor

Parameters:

Name	Type
native	NativeElement

Returns: QFontMetrics

+ new QFontMetrics(qfont: QFont): QFontMetrics

Overrides Component.constructor

Parameters:

Name	Type
qfont	QFont

Returns: QFontMetrics

+ new QFontMetrics(qfontmetrics: QFontMetrics): QFontMetrics

Overrides Component.constructor

Parameters:

Name	Type
qfontmetrics	QFontMetrics

Returns: QFontMetrics

Properties

native

• native: NativeElement

Overrides Component.native

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nodeChildren

• nodeChildren: Set‹Component›

Inherited from Component.nodeChildren

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Optional nodeParent

• nodeParent? : Component

Inherited from Component.nodeParent

Methods

ascent

▸ ascent(): number

Returns the ascent of the font

Returns: number

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averageCharWidth

▸ averageCharWidth(): number

Returns the average width of glyphs in the font

Returns: number

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capHeight

▸ capHeight(): number

Returns the cap height of the font

Returns: number

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descent

▸ descent(): number

Returns the descent of the font

Returns: number

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fontDpi

▸ fontDpi(): number

Returns the font DPI

Returns: number

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height

▸ height(): number

Returns the height of the font

Returns: number

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horizontalAdvance

▸ horizontalAdvance(text: string, len: number): number

Returns the horizontal advance in pixels of the first len characters of text. If len is negative (the default), the entire string is used

Parameters:

Name	Type	Default
text	string	-
len	number	-1

Returns: number

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inFont

▸ inFont(text: string): number

Returns true if character ch is a valid character in the font; otherwise returns false

Parameters:

Name	Type
text	string

Returns: number

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leading

▸ leading(): number

Returns the leading of the font

Returns: number

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leftBearing

▸ leftBearing(text: string): number

Returns the left bearing of character ch in the font

Parameters:

Name	Type
text	string

Returns: number

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lineSpacing

▸ lineSpacing(): number

Returns the distance from one base line to the next

Returns: number

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lineWidth

▸ lineWidth(): number

Returns the width of the underline and strikeout lines, adjusted for the point size of the font

Returns: number

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overlinePos

▸ overlinePos(): number

Returns the distance from the base line to where an overline should be drawn

Returns: number

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rightBearing

▸ rightBearing(text: string): number

Returns the right bearing of character ch in the font

Parameters:

Name	Type
text	string

Returns: number

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setNodeParent

▸ setNodeParent(parent?: Component): void

Inherited from Component.setNodeParent

Parameters:

Name	Type
parent?	Component

Returns: void

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size

▸ size(flags: TextFlag, text: string, tabStops: number): QSize

Returns the size in pixels of text

See QtEnums::TextFlag for flags

Parameters:

Name	Type	Default
flags	TextFlag	-
text	string	-
tabStops	number	0

Returns: QSize

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strikeOutPos

▸ strikeOutPos(): number

Returns the distance from the base line to where the strikeout line should be drawn

Returns: number

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swap

▸ swap(other: QFontMetrics): void

Swaps metrics other with this metrics. This operation is very fast and never fails

Parameters:

Name	Type
other	QFontMetrics

Returns: void

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underlinePos

▸ underlinePos(): number

Returns the distance from the base line to where an underscore should be drawn

Returns: number

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xHeight

▸ xHeight(): number

Returns the 'x' height of the font. This is often but not always the same as the height of the character 'x'.

Returns: number