Version 4 of canvas text

Summary

text is one of the standard [[canvas] item types

Getting Text Dimensions

To get the dimensions of a text item, use [canvas bbox]. Examples:

A Graph plotter

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from simple to complex:

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expanding/collapsing text item

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Rotated canvas text

Rotate text on a canvas

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Text item background

Text items are on a transparent background. You can give them an opaque background by first creating the text, then determining its b(ounding )box, drawing a rect with equal -fill and -outline, and finally raising the text item again. Example, where this happens on demand when the user clicks on a text:

$canvas bind text <1> {
    %W create rect [%W bbox current] -fill white -outline white -tag bg
    %W lower bg text
}
$canvas bind text <3> {%W delete bg} ;# RS