Question

Is there a way to detect the actual width of text in a vb.net web app? It needs to be dependant upon its font-style and size.

In vb6 you could copy the text into a label and make it expand to fit then measure its width, but this won’t work in vb.net.

Answer 1

Update: On further inspection, TextRenderer.MeasureText seems a better option:

    Dim text1 As String = "Measure this text"
    Dim arialBold As New Font("Arial", 12.0F)
    Dim textSize As Size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(text1, arialBold)

See Graphics.MeasureString:

Measures the specified string when
drawn with the specified Font.

    Dim myFontBold As New Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 10, FontStyle.Bold)
    Dim StringSize As New SizeF

    StringSize = e.Graphics.MeasureString("How wide is this string?", myFontBold)