<function name="GetNumLines" parent="Panel" type="classfunc"> <description> Returns the number of lines in a <page>RichText</page> or a <page>TextEntry</page>. You must wait a couple frames before calling this after using <page>Panel:AppendText</page> or <page>Panel:SetText</page>, otherwise it will return the number of text lines before the text change. ⤶ <note>Even though this function can be called on any panel, it will only work with <page>RichText</page></note>⤶ </description> <realm>Client and Menu</realm> <rets> <ret name="" type="number">The number of lines.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Creates a rich text panel with a block of text and prints out the number of text lines before and after `PerformLayout` is called.</description> <code> -- Create a window frame TextFrame = vgui.Create("DFrame") TextFrame:SetSize(200, 224) TextFrame:Center() TextFrame:SetTitle("Generic Frame") -- RichText panel local richtext = vgui.Create("RichText", TextFrame) richtext:Dock(FILL) -- Throw some text in the panel richtext:SetText("This is a block of text demonstrating how line wrapping and panel size relates to the number of lines shown inside of a RichText panel.") -- Keep track of PerformLayout calls richtext.layoutCount = 0 -- Custom function for this example function richtext:NumLinesExample() print("PerformLayout called "..self.layoutCount.." times: "..richtext:GetNumLines().." line(s) returned") end -- Print # of lines before any layouts richtext:NumLinesExample() -- Render update function richtext:PerformLayout() self.layoutCount = self.layoutCount + 1 self:NumLinesExample() -- Print current # of lines end </code> <output> The panel shows 5 lines of text, but the number 5 isn't returned until PerformLayout has been called 2 times. ``` PerformLayout called 0 times: 1 line(s) returned PerformLayout called 1 times: 1 line(s) returned PerformLayout called 2 times: 5 line(s) returned ``` <image src="RichText_GetNumLines_example1.png"/> </output> </example>