How to measure rendered string dimensions in #Win8Dev - by invokeit
While Windows 8 WinRT supports ViewBox control (its a control that allows text to auto resize depending upon available space), with my alarm clock app, I noticed substantial jittering (and resizing) as time changes between seconds. Of course you don’t want that happening.
The solution is to find optimum font size at start and then sticking with it until a resize is desired. Once you set the font family and font size to a textblock (tb), you can try getting its height / width.
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Post Contributed by: Kunal Chowdhury
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Kunal is the Site Admin and Contributor of Silverlight-Zone. He is a Software Engineer, Microsoft Silverlight MVP, Code Project Mentor and a Code Project MVP. He is also an active Author in SilverlightShow.net and a speaker in various community events. He works on Microsoft Platform and very passionate about Silverlight technology. He started his career in 2007 and achieved various awards during his professional life.
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