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TextGenerator.GetPreferredWidth

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public function GetPreferredWidth(str: string, settings: TextGenerationSettings): float;
public float GetPreferredWidth(string str, TextGenerationSettings settings);

Parameters

strGeneration text.
settingsSettings for generation.

Returns

float Preferred width.

Description

Given a string and settings, returns the preferred width for a container that would hold this text.