Scale centered text

[nick85]

Hi all, I want to use the scale property of a Text so that the enclosed text shows up in its entirety (no wrap) within the size of the Text itself.
I’d like to be able to operate directly on the scale property instead of changing the font size.

Everything works, as long as the text is left-aligned. If I switch the text alignment to center, the text box appears in the right place, but the text is not center-aligned.
I tried to change the transformOrigin to “Item.Center”, but this does not solve the problem.

Attached you can find an example featuring a text and a rectangle enclosing it:

Rectangle
        {
            id: rect
            anchors.fill: testText
            color: "yellow"
        }
 
        Text
        {
            id: testText
 
            width: 100
            height: 50
 
            anchors.centerIn: parent
 
            text: "example"
            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
 
            scale: Math.min((width / paintedWidth), (height / paintedHeight))
            transformOrigin: Item.Center // <- I've tried every point...
            color: "black"
        }

Rectangle
        {
            id: rect
            anchors.fill: testText
            color: "yellow"
        }
     
        Text
        {
            id: testText
     
            width: 100
            height: 50
     
            anchors.centerIn: parent
     
            text: "example"
            verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
            horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
     
            scale: Math.min((width / paintedWidth), (height / paintedHeight))
            transformOrigin: Item.Center // <- I've tried every point...
            color: "black"
        }

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here you can see the (wrong) result: http://i59.tinypic.com/29c9ymg.jpg

[anda_skoa]

Have you tried without the alignment properties? The anchor setting should already take care of the centering.

Cheers,
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