Trying to measure a Tab returns -1 (at least in B4J)
Your code MeasureText HERE and below returns 32.87109375. (And why didn't I find THIS code 3 days ago?)
Interestingly, if I bracket the TAB, then subtract the width of 1 of the bracketing characters I get the same result as MeasureText :
B4X:
Dim cvs1 As B4XCanvas, P As Pane, Fnt As Font = xui.CreateDefaultFont(15)
P.Initialize("")
cvs1.Initialize(P)
Log(cvs1.MeasureText(TAB, Fnt).Width)Your code MeasureText HERE and below returns 32.87109375. (And why didn't I find THIS code 3 days ago?)
B4X:
Dim lbl As Label
lbl.Initialize("")
lbl.Text = TAB
lbl.Font = Fnt
mBase.AddView(lbl, 0, 0, -1, -1) 'mBase is a B4XView panel.
lbl.Snapshot
lbl.RemoveNodeFromParent
Log(lbl.Width)Interestingly, if I bracket the TAB, then subtract the width of 1 of the bracketing characters I get the same result as MeasureText :
B4X:
Log(cvs1.MeasureText($"!${TAB}!"$, Fnt).Width)
Log(cvs1.MeasureText($"!"$, Fnt).Width)
Log(cvs1.MeasureText($"!${TAB}!"$, Fnt).Width - cvs1.MeasureText($"!"$, Fnt).Width)