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Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:13 am**

I should like to have a button where an end-user can set its label: now, obviously, if that label is longer than the width of the button the whole thing will look daft:
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So, I should like to know, how, when my theoretical end-user sets a label for a button the button can widen (or narrow) to accommodate that label programmatically.
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Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:30 am**

Hi richmind,

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set the width of btn 1 to the formattedwidth of btn 1

Best

Klaus

Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:03 pm**

Thanks.

The ONLY problem is that I am messing around with a rectangular graphic as a fake button: and I don't suppose that has a formattedWidth.

Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:12 pm**

Then you are licked!

Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2023 12:33 pm**

No: I am not!

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on resizeControl
   set the height of img "aqua" to the height of me
   set the backGroundPattern of me to the id of img "aqua"
   set the loc of img "aqua" to the loc of me
   set the loc btn "bHOLDER" to the loc of me
   set the textSize of me to ((the height of me)/2)
   set the textSize of btn "bHOLDER" to ((the height of me)/2)
   set the label of btn "bHOLDER" to the short name of me
   set the width of btn "bHOLDER" to the formattedWidth of btn "bHOLDER"
   set the height of btn "bHOLDER" to the formattedHeight of btn "bHOLDER"
   set the width of me to ((the formattedWidth of btn "bHOLDER") + 20)
   set the loc btn "bHOLDER" to the loc of me
end resizeControl

The image 'aqua' and the button 'bHOLDER' are invisible.