C#

skyline92 wrote:

It's more a philosophical question

Tony_P wrote:

I can't use DrawString because I need to know the exact length of the text

public class EnhancedLabel : Label
    {
        protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            Graphics g = e.Graphics;
            Brush fore = new SolidBrush(this.ForeColor);
            Brush back = new SolidBrush(this.BackColor);

            SizeF s = g.MeasureString(this.Text, this.Font);
            this.Width = (int)s.Width;
            this.Height = (int)s.Height;

            g.FillRectangle(back, this.Left, this.Top, this.Width, this.Height);
            g.DrawString(this.Text, this.Font, fore, this.Location);
        }
    }

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            Graphics g = e.Graphics;
            Brush fore = new SolidBrush(this.ForeColor);
            Brush back = new SolidBrush(this.BackColor);

            g.FillRectangle(back, this.Location.X, this.Location.Y, this.Width, this.Height);
            g.DrawString(this.Text, this.Font, fore, Point.Empty);
        }

        protected override void OnTextChanged(EventArgs e)
        {
            Graphics g = System.Drawing.Graphics.FromHwnd(this.Handle);
            SizeF s = g.MeasureString(this.Text, this.Font);
            this.Width = (int)s.Width;
            this.Height = (int)s.Height;

            base.OnTextChanged(e);
        }

using (Brush back = new SolidBrush(ForeColor))
{
    e.Graphics.FillRectangle(back, Location.X, Location.Y, Width, Height);
}
using (Brush fore = new SolidBrush(BackColor))
{
    e.Graphics.DrawString(Text, Font, fore, Point.Empty);
}

Size = Size.Round(s);