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<function name="GetContentSize" parent="Panel" type="classfunc">⤶ <description>⤶ Gets the size of the content/children within a panel object.⤶ ⤶ Only works with <page>Label</page> derived panels by default such as <page>DLabel</page>.⤶ ⤶ ⤶ Will also work on any panel that manually implements this method.⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Client</realm>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="number">The content width of the object.</ret>⤶ <ret name="" type="number">The content height of the object.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>Demonstrates how to implement this function in your own panel.</description>⤶ <code>⤶ local PANEL = {}⤶ ⤶ function PANEL:GetContentSize()⤶ surface.SetFont( self:GetFont() )⤶ return surface.GetTextSize( self:GetText() )⤶ end⤶ ⤶ vgui.Register( "DTextEntry_Edit", PANEL, "DTextEntry" )⤶ ⤶ -- Somewhere else, to test the newly created panel⤶ local frame = vgui.Create( "DFrame" )⤶ frame:SetSize( 500, 200 )⤶ frame:Center()⤶ frame:MakePopup()⤶ ⤶ local txt = vgui.Create( "DTextEntry_Edit", frame )⤶ txt:SetPos( 5, 25 )⤶ txt:SetSize( 100, 10 )⤶ txt:SetText( "Really long string that is bigger than 100 pixels" )⤶ txt:SizeToContentsX( 5 ) -- Must be called after setting the text⤶ txt:SizeToContentsY( 5 ) -- These two functions will not have effect on a normal DTextEntry⤶ </code>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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