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    Default how to get the boundingrect of multi line text using qfontmetrics

    hi friends,

    I want to know how i can get the boundingRect of the multi line text from the QFontMetrics.
    im having a qgraphicsItem where i have to draw text .
    while drawing im using the fontmetrics bounding rect to define the rect of the text to draw .

    Qt Code:
    1. QFontMetrics fontMtic(segoeFont);
    2. m_bounds = fontMtic.boundingRect(theCurrentText);
    3. p->drawText(QRectF(theTextItemPos, m_bounds.size()),Qt::TextWordWrap, theCurrentText);
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    but when the theCurrentText is coming with multi line or having new line in it , the bounding rect value of the fontmetric return me the height of the first line only .

    I want to get the complete boundary height for the text.

    can any one please help me to solve this problem .
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    Default Re: how to get the boundingrect of multi line text using qfontmetrics

    Since your drawText() call is one of the overloads that takes flags,you need to use one of the boundingRect() calls that uses the same flags.

    Alternatively, there is a drawText() overload that takes an options QRect* as its last argument. If you pass in a pointer to a local QRect variable, e.g. "&m_bounds", it will set that variable to the bounding rect actually used for drawing the text.

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