QML & Item geometry and internationalization

malos

Hi all,

I am wondering how I could define item geometry different between different languages.
Depending on the language, I may have to position items differently.
One can imagine that a translated message would be longer and then would not fit in a predefined size rectangle.
How to specify rectangle size depending on the language.

As far as I understand, internationalization deals only with translating string and resource files deals with files to be embedded into application.

How could I define qml properties like item geometry depending on language?

Thanks for your reply.

p3c0

Hi,

Have a look at "FontMetrics":http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtquick-fontmetrics.html.

malos

Ok, thks.
But that applies to adjusting widget size according to font size.

What if I want to have different item positions depending on language?

p3c0

Well depending upon the width that you receive from FontMetrics you can adjust the positions of other Items.

malos

I was thinking of defining strings for position and size with a name idenitifying widget that could be translated and converted to integer values.

But it looks tricky.

p3c0

Using FontMetrics I would do it as follows:

@
Item {
width: 400
height: 400

FontMetrics {
    id: fontMetrics
    font.family: "Comic Sans MS"
}

Rectangle {
    id: rect
    width: fontMetrics.height * 4
    height: fontMetrics.height * 2
    color: "red"
}

Rectangle {
    y: rect.y+rect.height+10
    width: fontMetrics.height * 4
    height: fontMetrics.height * 2
    color: "orange"
}

}
@

Now as your Font changes the last Rect gets adjusted as per previous which is binded to FontMetrics's width and height. Try changing the font and check the positions of those Rectangles.

malos

Ok, thks, I will try it.

At the moment, I do not know if I will not have other cases that cannot be solved using font metrics.

andre

Wouldn't it be easier to use TextMetrics instead?