public static void DrawTextAligned(String fontName, String text, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Vector2 location, TextVerticalAlignment verticalAlignment, TextHorizantialAlignment horizantialAlignment, Color color)
{
SpriteFont spriteFont = Fonts.GetFont(fontName);
Vector2 textSize = spriteFont.MeasureString(text);
Vector2 alignedLocation = new Vector2();
// Calculate Horizantial Aligned Location
switch (horizantialAlignment)
{
case TextHorizantialAlignment.Left:
alignedLocation.X = location.X;
break;
case TextHorizantialAlignment.Center:
alignedLocation.X = location.X - (textSize.X / 2.0f);
break;
case TextHorizantialAlignment.Right:
alignedLocation.X = location.X - textSize.X;
break;
}
// Calculate Vertical Aligned Location
switch (verticalAlignment)
{
case TextVerticalAlignment.Top:
alignedLocation.Y = location.Y;
break;
case TextVerticalAlignment.Middle:
alignedLocation.Y = location.Y - (textSize.Y / 2.0f);
break;
case TextVerticalAlignment.Bottom:
alignedLocation.Y = location.Y - textSize.Y;
break;
}
spriteBatch.DrawString(spriteFont, text, alignedLocation, color);
}
/// <summary>
/// Break text up into separate lines to make it fit.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">The text to be broken up.</param>
/// <param name="font">The font used ot measure the width of the text.</param>
/// <param name="rowWidth">The maximum width of each line, in pixels.</param>
public static List <string> BreakTextIntoList(String fontName, string text, int rowWidth)
{
// NOTE: Not my code: Copied from Microsoft Code, from MonoGame Sample Solution, RolePlayingGame Project, Fonts.cs File
// check parameters
SpriteFont font = Fonts.GetFont(fontName);
if (rowWidth <= 0)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("rowWidth");
}
// create the list
List <string> lines = new List <string>();
// check for trivial text
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty("text"))
{
lines.Add(String.Empty);
return(lines);
}
// check for text that fits on a single line
if (font.MeasureString(text).X <= rowWidth)
{
lines.Add(text);
return(lines);
}
// break the text up into words
string[] words = text.Split(' ');
// add words until they go over the length
int currentWord = 0;
while (currentWord < words.Length)
{
int wordsThisLine = 0;
string line = String.Empty;
while (currentWord < words.Length)
{
string testLine = line;
if (testLine.Length < 1)
{
testLine += words[currentWord];
}
else if ((testLine[testLine.Length - 1] == '.') ||
(testLine[testLine.Length - 1] == '?') ||
(testLine[testLine.Length - 1] == '!'))
{
testLine += " " + words[currentWord];
}
else
{
testLine += " " + words[currentWord];
}
if ((wordsThisLine > 0) &&
(font.MeasureString(testLine).X > rowWidth))
{
break;
}
line = testLine;
wordsThisLine++;
currentWord++;
}
lines.Add(line);
}
return(lines);
}
