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Diffstat (limited to 'offapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | offapi/com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.idl | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/offapi/com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.idl b/offapi/com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.idl index c19fbaba26ad..dc71f857e2cf 100644 --- a/offapi/com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.idl +++ b/offapi/com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.idl @@ -113,10 +113,14 @@ interface XTextLayout : ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface This method returns a sequence of advancements, one for each character in the input string (<em>not</em> for every glyph. There might be multiple glyphs per input character, or - multiple input characters per glyph). Adding up all - advancements yields the total advancement of this layout. To - manipulate the layout of a string on the level of characters, - this method can be used to query for the layout's default + multiple input characters per glyph). + + An advancement value is the distance of the glyph to the beginning + edge, which is left for LTR text and is right for RTL text. The + maximum of the advancements can be deemed as the width of the whole + text layout. + + This method can be used to query for the layout's default advancements, which can subsequently be changed and applied to the layout via XTextLayout::applyLogicalAdvancements().<p> |