Is there a way to, given a string, get the substring that would fit into a FlxText given size restrictions?

[MouseCaneta]

Well, the question is basically in the title.

[Sam Bellman]

I know this method will work in flash and it seems to work in cpp, I can't swear to other targets though. Also it's a a bit heavy, so I wouldn't do it if you have a very long string. If you want to use it on a multiline textfield just modify it so it looks at the height instead of the width.

public static function cutTextWidth(tf:FlxText, maxWidth:Float = -1, dotDotDot:Bool = false):Void

{

maxWidth = maxWidth > 0 ? maxWidth : tf.fieldWidth;

if (tf.textField.textWidth+5 > maxWidth)

{

var copy:String = tf.textField.text;

var initialCopy:String = copy;

while (tf.textField.textWidth + 5 > maxWidth && copy.length > 0)

{

copy = copy.substr(0, copy.length - 1);

tf.textField.text = dotDotDot ? copy + "..." : copy;

}

if (initialCopy != copy) tf.dirty = true;

}

}

[MouseCaneta]

Thanks a lot! I'll give it a try.