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May 23, 2018 09:51
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A textwrapper for canvas text, specify a maximum width and it will break sentences into different lines.
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// @Params Object - CanvasRenderingContext2D | |
// String | |
// Integer - X coordinate | |
// Integer - Y Coordinate | |
// Integer - Maxwidth of textBox | |
// Integer - Lineheight | |
// function will split words and add linebreaks if sentences are longer than specified max width, | |
// if sentence is rearranged it will return an object with the new line, x and y coordinates. | |
// @Returns Object | |
const wrapText = (ctx, text, x, y, maxWidth, lineHeight) => { | |
let words = text.split(' '); | |
let line = ''; | |
for(let n = 0; n < words.length; n++) { | |
let baseLine = line + words[n] + ' '; | |
let metrics = ctx.measureText(baseLine); | |
let testWidth = metrics.width; | |
if (testWidth > maxWidth && n > 0) { | |
ctx.fillText(line, x, y); | |
line = words[n] + ' '; | |
y += lineHeight; | |
} | |
else { | |
line = baseLine; | |
} | |
} | |
return ({line : line, x : x, y : y}); | |
} |
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