helper.

lib/widget.js

@@ -8339,6 +8339,10 @@ helpers.parseTags = function(text) {
 
 helpers.generateTags = generateTags;
 
+helpers.textLength = function(text) {
+  return Element.prototype.textLength.call({ options: { tags: true } }, text);
+};
+
 helpers.attrToBinary = function(obj, fg, bg, target) {
   return Element.prototype.sattr.call(target || {}, obj, fg, bg);
 };

test/widget-autopad.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+var blessed = require('../')
+  , screen;
+
+screen = blessed.screen({
+  dump: __dirname + '/logs/autopad.log',
+  smartCSR: true,
+  autoPadding: true
+});
+
+var box1 = blessed.box({
+  parent: screen,
+  top: 'center',
+  left: 'center',
+  width: 20,
+  height: 10,
+  border: 'line'
+});
+
+var box2 = blessed.box({
+  parent: box1,
+  top: 0,
+  left: 0,
+  width: 10,
+  height: 5,
+  border: 'line'
+});
+
+screen.key('q', function() {
+  return process.exit(0);
+});
+
+screen.render();