Label Autosize

Unity Engine
1

Given the following code:

scrollViewVector = GUI.BeginScrollView(Rect(25, 25, 430, 220), scrollViewVector, Rect(0, 0, 400, ???));
GUI.Label(Rect(0, 0, 400, ???), "Whatever text I want here which could be short or VERY long...", thisStyle); 
GUI.EndScrollView();

Is it possible to make the label auto-size itself to however high it needs to be (???) for the text it’s displaying?

2

i think the only way to scale it would be through GUI.skin

3

probably need to use something like string.length to find out how long the text is

4

Not sure if this is useful to you now, but for anyone else who gets here from Google:

You’d use GUILayout (for automatic layouts) and GUI for (absolute layouts).

Source: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/38178-what-s-the-exact-difference-between-GUI-and-GUILayout

5

GUIStyle.CalcSize will get you the exact space needed by an element without rendering it.

6

Agree, GUIStyle.CalcSize is the answer. Just a tip: you should keep the label invisible for the first frame (until you measure it), because it might give you a noticeable flicker (visible size change).