text() should handle single words wider than bounding box
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Bug
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
If there's a single word that doesn't fit within the bounding box, it still shows up.
But it's clearly limited by the function.
"Text that does not fit completely within the rectangle specified will not be drawn to the screen. "
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with p5.js text() and a single word wider than the bounding box, then inspect the text() implementation and its existing tests. Done means oversized words follow the documented behavior that text outside the specified rectangle is not drawn.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100