Re: function to resize a UML class object's extent?

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Andrew S. wrote:

> Anyone know which function I should call (or property to set) to resize a
> class object's borders around the text inside?  I took a look at
> umlclass_create() in objects/UML/class.c, but I didn't see anything
> obvious.
> 
> My problem is I'm creating UML class objects on a diagram, and most of
> the time the string in the class name is too big for the default extent
> of the class box, so it winds up looking like:
> 
>      +-------+
> A_lon|g_class|_name
>      +-------+
> 
> and generally leaves a mess when the object is dragged around the
> diagram.
> 
> I'm doing all this from a plug-in.

The standard function to call is objet_update_data().  How are you
currently changing the text?

-Lars

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