*
*/
+// EXTERNAL INCLUDES
+#include <dali/public-api/math/rect.h>
+
// INTERNAL INCLUDES
#include <dali-toolkit/internal/text/text-model.h>
-
namespace Dali
{
namespace Toolkit
*/
void GetTextGeometry(ModelPtr textModel, CharacterIndex startIndex, CharacterIndex endIndex, Vector<Vector2>& sizesList, Vector<Vector2>& positionsList);
+/**
+ * @brief Get the line bounding rectangle.
+ * if the requested index is out of range or the line is not yet rendered, a rect of {0, 0, 0, 0} is returned.
+ *
+ * @param[in] textModel text model containing line info.
+ * @param[in] lineIndex line index to which we want to calculate the geometry for.
+ * @return bounding rectangle.
+ */
+Rect<float> GetLineBoundingRect(ModelPtr textModel, const uint32_t lineIndex);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the left point of the line (x).
+ *
+ * @param[in] lineRun the requested line.
+ * @return x point of the line.
+ */
+float GetLineLeft(const LineRun& lineRun);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the top point of the line (y).
+ * if the requested line id the first; the top = 0, else the top = the heights of the previouse lines.
+ *
+ * @param[in] lines the lines in the text controller.
+ * @param[in] lineRun the requested line.
+ * @return y point of the line.
+ */
+float GetLineTop(const Vector<LineRun>& lines, const LineRun& lineRun);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the rendered size and position of a specific character in a rectangle.
+ * If the text is not yet rendered or the index > text.Count(); a rect of {0, 0, 0, 0} is returned.
+ * The Width of the character = glyph.advance
+ * The Height of the character = glyph.height
+ * The Left (X) of the character = characterPosition.x - glyph.xBearing; Regardless of the language direction RTL or LTR, the x point is the left x-point of the glyph.
+ * The Top (Y) of the character = characterPosition.y.
+ * @param[in] textModel text model containing text info.
+ * @param[in] charIndex character index to which we want to calculate the geometry for.
+ * @return Rect {x, y, width, height}.
+ */
+Rect<> GetCharacterBoundingRect(ModelPtr textModel, const uint32_t charIndex);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the left point of the character (x).
+ *
+ * @param[in] glyph the requested character glyph.
+ * @param[in] characterPosition the position of the requested character.
+ * @return x point of the character.
+ */
+float GetCharacterLeft(const GlyphInfo& glyph, const Vector2& characterPosition);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the top point of the character (y).
+ *
+ * @param[in] characterPosition the position of the requested character.
+ * @return y point of the character.
+ */
+float GetCharacterTop(const Vector2& characterPosition);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the height of the character.
+ *
+ * @param[in] glyph the requested character glyph.
+ * @return height of the character.
+ */
+float GetCharacterHeight(const GlyphInfo& glyph);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the left point of the character.
+ *
+ * @param[in] glyph the requested character glyph.
+ * @return width of the character.
+ */
+float GetCharacterWidth(const GlyphInfo& glyph);
+
} // namespace Text
} // namespace Toolkit