How to get the estimated size of a rectangle required to draw NSMutableAttributedString?

Question

I am trying to get the estimated size of the rectangle required to draw out a NSMutableAttributedString. The numbers that come not does not make any sense to me. I have a UIViewController with a UIlabel (txtField), with a UIlabel.numberOfLines = 3. I would like to estimate the height of this NSMutableAttributedString were i to set UIlabel.numberOfLines= 0.

With reference to the console reading, I do not understand why the estimated height of the rectangle required to draw the entire NSMutableAttributedString is less than that if it were constrained to just 3 lines?

var txtField: UILabel = {
    let label = UILabel()
    label.numberOfLines = 3
    label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    label.lineBreakMode = .byTruncatingTail
    return label
}()


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let content = "Pasture he invited mr company shyness. But when shot real her. Chamber her 
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    let attributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 14)]
    let attributedString = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: content, attributes: attributes)

    let paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
    paragraphStyle.lineSpacing = 1.5
    paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = .byTruncatingTail
    attributedString.addAttributes([.paragraphStyle : paragraphStyle], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: attributedString.length))
    txtField.attributedText = attributedString

}


override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()

    if let attText = txtField.attributedText{
        let size = CGSize.init(width: txtField.frame.width - 20, height: 1000)
        let estimatedFrame = attText.boundingRect(with: size, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, context: nil)
        print("txtField.frame: \(txtField.frame)")
        print("estimatedFrame: \(estimatedFrame)")

    }
}

CONSOLE:

txtField.frame: (0.0, 0.0, 394.0, 53.333333333333336)
estimatedFrame: (0.0, 0.0, 367.28125, 16.70703125)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '19 at 15:08

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This is wrong:

paragraphStyle.lineBreakMode = .byTruncatingTail

Attributed string line breaking is different from label line breaking. Your attributed string needs to have a line break mode that wraps. Otherwise you are measuring the height of just one line.

answered Dec 15 '19 at 15:08

matt

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ok. So I delete the line above. Then i find a NSAttributedString.Key relating to line break mode that wraps and add to attribute of NSMutableAttributedString? Please could you elborate with code becuase i can't seem to find the concerned NSAttributedString.Key – johnDoe Dec 15 '19 at 16:14
I didn’t say delete it. But I do think you might want to change the line break mode to something with “wrap” in its name. – matt Dec 15 '19 at 16:23
ok i've found paragraphStyle. lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping. Thank you ! – johnDoe Dec 15 '19 at 16:24

How to get the estimated size of a rectangle required to draw NSMutableAttributedString?

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