What is android ems attribute in Edit Text

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Possible Duplicate    What means Ems   Android TextView        In EditText  there is an attribute named android ems  The description is  Makes the EditText be exactly this many ems wide   What does ems mean

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An  em  is a typographical unit of width  the width of a wide-ish   letter like  m  pronounced  em   Similarly there is an  en      Similarly  en-dash  and  em-dash  for     and       -Tim Bray

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Taken from  http   www w3 org Style Examples 007 units      The em is simply the font size  In an element with a 2in font  1em   thus means 2in  Expressing sizes  such as margins and paddings  in em   means they are related to the font size  and if the user has a big   font  e g   on a big screen  or a small font  e g   on a handheld   device   the sizes will be in proportion  Declarations such as    text-indent  1 5em  and  margin  1em  are extremely common in CSS    em is basically CSS property for font sizes

[android] What is android:ems attribute in Edit Text?

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