Adding the label to the document influences the selected font (keyword: 
inheritance). So it is quite logical that the size depends on that.

Sebastian



dperez schrieb:
> Very interesting this test from the Firebug Console:
> 
> Test 1:
> 
>      new qx.ui.basic.Label('david')._computePreferredInnerWidth()==38
> 
> Test 2:
> 
> var et = new qx.ui.basic.Label('david');
> et.setLocation(200,200);
> et.setZIndex(1000);
> et.addToDocument()
> et.setBackgroundColor('#ff0')
> et._computePreferredInnerWidth()==26
> 
> 
> Conclusion: the value reported depends on if the label has been added or
> not.
> 
> Is this normal?
> 
> Relevant source code of Label.js:
> 
>     _computeObjectNeededDimensions : function()
>     {
>       // get node
>       var element = this.self(arguments)._getMeasureNode();
>       var style = element.style;
> 
>       // sync styles
>       var source = this._styleProperties;
>       style.fontFamily = source.fontFamily || "";
>       style.fontSize = source.fontSize || "";
>       style.fontWeight = source.fontWeight || "";
>       style.fontStyle = source.fontStyle || "";
> 
>       // apply html
>       if (this._isHtml)
>       {
>         element.innerHTML = this._content;
>       }
>       else
>       {
>         element.innerHTML = "";
>         qx.dom.Element.setTextContent(element, this._content);
>       }
> 
>       // store values
>       this._cachedPreferredInnerWidth = element.scrollWidth;
>       this._cachedPreferredInnerHeight = element.scrollHeight;
>     },
> 
>     _computePreferredInnerWidth : function()
>     {
>       this._computeObjectNeededDimensions();
>       return this._cachedPreferredInnerWidth;
>     },
> 
> 
> 
> dperez wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In qooxdoo 0.6.6 I used to use this code for measuring the width of text:
>>
>> (new qx.ui.basic.Label('My text')).getPreferredBoxWidth()
>>
>> In qooxdoo 0.7, I receive very high values.  For instance for a label
>> whose measured real width is 170 pixels, a value of 240 is returned.   
>>
>> What may be the cause of this inaccuracy?
>> Is this the best method of measuring width of text?
>>
>> Thanx for any answer.
>>
>> Regards,
>> David
>>
> 


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