    /**
     * Provides precise pixel measurements for blocks of text so that you can determine exactly how high and
     * wide, in pixels, a given block of text will be. Note that when measuring text, it should be plain text and
     * should not contain any HTML, otherwise it may not be measured correctly.
     *
     * The measurement works by copying the relevant CSS styles that can affect the font related display,
     * then checking the size of an element that is auto-sized. Note that if the text is multi-lined, you must
     * provide a **fixed width** when doing the measurement.
     *
     * If multiple measurements are being done on the same element, you create a new instance to initialize
     * to avoid the overhead of copying the styles to the element repeatedly.
     */
    Ext.define('Ext.util.TextMetrics', {
        statics: {
            shared: null,
            /**
             * Measures the size of the specified text
             * @param {String/HTMLElement} el The element, dom node or id from which to copy existing CSS styles
             * that can affect the size of the rendered text
             * @param {String} text The text to measure
             * @param {Number} fixedWidth (optional) If the text will be multiline, you have to set a fixed width
             * in order to accurately measure the text height
             * @return {Object} An object containing the text's size `{width: (width), height: (height)}`
             * @static
             */
            measure: function(el, text, fixedWidth){
                var me = this,
                    shared = me.shared;

                if(!shared){
                    shared = me.shared = new me(el, fixedWidth);
                }
                shared.bind(el);
                shared.setFixedWidth(fixedWidth || 'auto');
                return shared.getSize(text);
            },

            /**
             * Destroy the TextMetrics instance created by {@link #measure}.
             * @static
             */
            destroy: function(){
                var me = this;
                Ext.destroy(me.shared);
                me.shared = null;
            }
        },

        /**
         * Creates new TextMetrics.
         * @param {String/HTMLElement/Ext.Element} bindTo The element or its ID to bind to.
         * @param {Number} [fixedWidth] A fixed width to apply to the measuring element.
         */
        constructor: function(bindTo, fixedWidth){
            var me = this,
                measure = Ext.getBody().createChild({
                    cls: Ext.baseCSSPrefix + 'textmetrics'
                });

            me.measure = measure;
            if (bindTo) {
                me.bind(bindTo);
            }

            measure.position('absolute');
            measure.setLocalXY(-1000, -1000);
            measure.hide();

            if (fixedWidth) {
               measure.setWidth(fixedWidth);
            }
        },

        /**
         * Returns the size of the specified text based on the internal element's style and width properties
         * @param {String} text The text to measure
         * @return {Object} An object containing the text's size `{width: (width), height: (height)}`
         */
        getSize: function(text){
            var measure = this.measure,
                size;

            measure.update(text);
            size = measure.getSize();
            measure.update('');
            return size;
        },

        /**
         * Binds this TextMetrics instance to a new element
         * @param {String/HTMLElement/Ext.Element} el The element or its ID.
         */
        bind: function(el){
            var me = this;

            me.el = Ext.get(el);
            me.measure.setStyle(
                me.el.getStyles('font-size','font-style', 'font-weight', 'font-family','line-height', 'text-transform', 'letter-spacing')
            );
        },

        /**
         * Sets a fixed width on the internal measurement element.  If the text will be multiline, you have
         * to set a fixed width in order to accurately measure the text height.
         * @param {Number} width The width to set on the element
         */
         setFixedWidth : function(width){
             this.measure.setWidth(width);
         },

         /**
          * Returns the measured width of the specified text
          * @param {String} text The text to measure
          * @return {Number} width The width in pixels
          */
         getWidth : function(text){
             this.measure.dom.style.width = 'auto';
             return this.getSize(text).width;
         },

         /**
          * Returns the measured height of the specified text
          * @param {String} text The text to measure
          * @return {Number} height The height in pixels
          */
         getHeight : function(text){
             return this.getSize(text).height;
         },

         /**
          * Destroy this instance
          */
         destroy: function(){
             var me = this;
             me.measure.remove();
             delete me.el;
             delete me.measure;
         }
    }, function(){
        Ext.Element.addMethods({
            /**
             * Returns the width in pixels of the passed text, or the width of the text in this Element.
             * @param {String} text The text to measure. Defaults to the innerHTML of the element.
             * @param {Number} [min] The minumum value to return.
             * @param {Number} [max] The maximum value to return.
             * @return {Number} The text width in pixels.
             * @member Ext.dom.Element
             */
            getTextWidth : function(text, min, max){
                return Ext.Number.constrain(Ext.util.TextMetrics.measure(this.dom, Ext.value(text, this.dom.innerHTML, true)).width, min || 0, max || 1000000);
            }
        });
    });