/**
 * Uses canvas.measureText to compute and return the width of the given text of given font in pixels.
 *
 * @param {String} text The text to be rendered.
 * @param {String} font The css font descriptor that text is to be rendered with (e.g. "bold 14px verdana").
 *
 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/118241/calculate-text-width-with-javascript/21015393#21015393
 */
export function getTextWidth(text: string, font: string): number {
	const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
	const context = canvas.getContext('2d')!;
	context.font = font;
	const metrics = context.measureText(text);
	return metrics.width;
}

export function getCssStyle(element: HTMLElement, prop: string): string {
	return window.getComputedStyle(element, null).getPropertyValue(prop);
}

export function getCanvasFont(el = document.body, setFontSize?: string): string {
	const fontWeight = 'normal';
	const fontSize = setFontSize || getCssStyle(el, 'font-size') || '16px';
	const fontFamily = getCssStyle(el, 'font-family') || 'Times New Roman';

	return `${fontWeight} ${fontSize} ${fontFamily}`;
}