Calculate text width with JavaScript

Question

I\'d like to use JavaScript to calculate the width of a string. Is this possible without having to use a monospace typeface?

If it\'s not built-in, my only idea is t

Answer 1

The ExtJS javascript library has a great class called Ext.util.TextMetrics that "provides precise pixel measurements for blocks of text so that you can determine exactly how high and wide, in pixels, a given block of text will be". You can either use it directly or view its source to code to see how this is done.

http://docs.sencha.com/extjs/6.5.3/modern/Ext.util.TextMetrics.html