[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Get advance width of a String in a Font.

[Matthew Hall <matthall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David wrote:
> Thanks for your help.
>
> In fact, to get the size, I create a StyledText with the specific font, 
> and I set the text with my specific String. Then, I get its size, and I 
> dispose the StyledText.
>
> Regards,
> David.

If performance starts to suffer I recommend following Eric's approach. 
What you're doing is extremely heavyweight for such a simple operation.

Matthew