Calculating Text Width In ActionScript And Flex

Question

I\'m trying to calculate how WIDE to make my button, based on the text that it will contain, and when I try to google for how to calcuate something as simplistic as the WIDT

Answer 1

This works any format, size, font type. Don't forget properties "autoSize" and "wordWrap"!

var tf:TextField = new TextField();
addChild(tf);
tf.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
tf.wordWrap = false;
tf.text = "Whatever here";
tf.width = tf.textWidth + 4; // add 2 pixels-gutters left & right

Your button will need to be "tf.width" wide...