PangoCairo.create_layout
Description: Reference for PangoCairo.create_layout

### Function

# PangoCairocreate_layout

#### Declaration [src]

    PangoLayout*
    pango_cairo_create_layout (
      cairo_t* cr
    )

#### Description [src]

Creates a layout object set up to match the current transformation and target surface of the Cairo context.

This layout can then be used for text measurement with functions like pango_layout_get_size() or drawing with functions like pango_cairo_show_layout(). If you change the transformation or target surface for `cr`, you need to call pango_cairo_update_layout().

This function is the most convenient way to use Cairo with Pango, however it is slightly inefficient since it creates a separate `PangoContext` object for each layout. This might matter in an application that was laying out large amounts of text.

Available since: | 1.10

#### Parameters

`cr` | `cairo_t*`
| A Cairo context.
| The data is owned by the caller of the function.

#### Return value

Returns: | `PangoLayout*`
| The newly created `PangoLayout`
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.