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How to make GUI Size fit the text?
I have a GUI that will contain usernames that I want to fit exactly around the username.
I was wondering if there was any way to do this other than
while not button.TextFits do
button.Size = button.Size + UDim2.new(0, 1, 0, 0)
end
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You can edit the CoreGui hiimgoodpack 2009 — 6y
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What do you mean? blowup999 659 — 6y
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There isn't an easy way to "shrinkwrap" the size of the gui to fit the text in it. You can try a script that uses http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/TextService/GetTextSize to get the size of the text ahead of time, though this will mean that you will have to resize the gui yourself via script. XAXA 1569 — 6y
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I believe I found a solution. http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/TextLabel/TextBounds TextBounds property is supposed to have a Vector2 for the size of the text blowup999 659 — 6y
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You can use the TextService which contains the function GetTextSize that allows you to calculate the size of a frame needed for the inputted test along with its font and size.
A small example:-
local textServ = game:GetService('TextService')
local button = [some path to the button]
local newSize = textServ:GetTextSize(button.Text, button.TextSize, button.Font, button.AbsoluteSize) -- passes back a Vector2
-- set new button size
button.Size = Udim2.new(0, newSize.X, 0, newSize.Y)
I hope this helps.