# Textbox width

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textbox-width/174710>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 8, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textbox-width/174710 "2006-01-08T11:34:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![flash\_stoffer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/flash_stoffer/32/1613_2.png) [@flash\_stoffer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flash_stoffer)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textbox-width/174710/1 "2006-01-08T11:34:40Z")

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Hey…

I am making a mp3player with a scrolling titlebar, but I have run into a problem… I need to know how long a textbox is. The width of the textbox should be set by how many letters there are in the title…