FontMetricsCharWidth.java Source code

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.FontMetrics;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Text;

public class FontMetricsCharWidth {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Display display = new Display();
        Shell shell = new Shell(display);

        Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.NONE);

        GC gc = new GC(text);
        FontMetrics fm = gc.getFontMetrics();
        int charWidth = fm.getAverageCharWidth();
        int width = text.computeSize(charWidth * 8, SWT.DEFAULT).x;
        gc.dispose();

        System.out.println(width);

        shell.isDisposed();
        display.dispose();
    }
}