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Re: Re: Getting the height and width of controls?

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  • Subject: [mg98935] Re: [mg98905] Re: Getting the height and width of controls?
  • From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:11:26 -0400 (EDT)
  • Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com

AbsoluteCurrentValue should (but as you point out, doesn't) work.  In lieu of 
that, you can use Rasterize.

In[1]:= Rasterize[Button["Click Here", Print[10!]], "RasterSize"]

Out[1]= {64, 27}

Sincerely,
 
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.


On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:10:46 -0400 (EDT), meitnik wrote:
> ok, so far this is what I stumbled upon, but it dones't work right:
>
> t = Button["Click Here", Print[10!]]
> AbsoluteCurrentValue[bt, ImageSize]
>
> That code always gives {350,350}. Lots of other options work, but not
> getting the height/width of a control.
> I can't use CurrentValue for that works only when I actually click the
> button, but it too gives only the same answer.
> I didnt think getting the simple height/width of a control to be that
> hard?? If there is a better way, please teach me. Thanks
>
> Andrew





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