Hi Robin,
I believe that there is real value in adding a flag to the DrawText method in order to specify the alignment to the x,y point.
Right now I’m using some hack where I glue to the dc class some extra methods but it would be nicer if the DrawText could receive an alignment parameter defaulting to wx.TOP|wx.LEFT or something like that 
Peter.
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Peter Damoc wrote:
Hi Robin,
I believe that there is real value in adding a flag to the DrawText method in order to specify the alignment to the x,y point.
Right now I'm using some hack where I glue to the dc class some extra methods but it would be nicer if the DrawText could receive an alignment parameter defaulting to wx.TOP|wx.LEFT or something like that
Although this would probably be useful I think a more common need would be to align to the font's baseline, and we don't have any alignment flags for that. Anyway enter a feature request, (or a patch if you're feeling adventurous,) for this at the wxWidgets SF page
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Robin Dunn wrote:
Peter Damoc wrote:
I believe that there is real value in adding a flag to the DrawText method in order to specify the alignment to the x,y point.
Although this would probably be useful I think a more common need would be to align to the font's baseline, and we don't have any alignment flags for that.
They would all be useful! If alignment to the baseline is done, that would be a good time to add other alignments also.
Peter, you might want to take a look at wx.lib.floatcanvas -- the Text object in there has alignment to top|center|bottom, and left>center>right -- it was a bit of a pain to write.
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