XmTextGetCenterline - Man Page

Return the height (length) of a character string when the writing direction is vertical

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Text​.h>
int XmTextGetCenterline(
Widget widget);

Description

XmTextGetCenterline accesses the x position of the centerline in the Text widget, relative to the x position of the top of the widget​.

widget

Specifies the Text widget ID​.

Return Value

In the case of horizontal writing, this function accesses 0​.

In the case of vertical writing, this function accesses the x position of the first centerline in the Text widget, relative to the x position of the left of the widget​. The calculation takes into account the margin width, shadow thickness, highlight thickness, and a half of font width of the first font(set) in the fontlist used for drawing text​.

See Also

XmText(3), XmTextGetBaseline(3)