How to get height for NSAttributedString at a fixed width

Question

I want to do some drawing of NSAttributedStrings in fixed-width boxes, but am having trouble calculating the right height they\'ll take up when drawn. So far, I\'ve tried:

Answer 1

-[NSAttributedString boundingRectWithSize:options:]

You can specify NSStringDrawingUsesDeviceMetrics to get union of all glyph bounds.

Unlike -[NSAttributedString size], the returned NSRect represents the dimensions of the area that would change if the string is drawn.

As @Bryan comments, boundingRectWithSize:options: is deprecated (not recommended) in OS X 10.11 and later. This is because string styling is now dynamic depending on the context.

For OS X 10.11 and later, see Apple's Calculating Text Height developer documentation.