How can I wrap text in a label using WPF

Question

I have a TextBox and a Label  After clicking a button  I execute the following code    label1 Content   textbox1 Text     My question is  how do I enable text wrapping of the label  There may be too much text to display on one line  and I want it to automatically wrap to multiple lines if that is the case

User · Accepted Answer

The Label control doesn t directly support text wrapping in WPF  You should use a TextBlock instead   Of course  you can place the TextBlock inside of a Label control  if you wish    Sample code    lt TextBlock TextWrapping  WrapWithOverflow  gt      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet  consectetur adipiscing elit  Donec adipiscing     nulla quis libero egestas lobortis  Duis blandit imperdiet ornare  Nulla     ac arcu ut purus placerat congue  Integer pretium fermentum gravida   lt  TextBlock gt

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lt Label x Name  datetimeofmsg              HorizontalAlignment  Left  Margin  4 286 55 0 0              VerticalAlignment  Top  Background   x Null               FontWeight  Bold  Width  61 714  Height  20  Foreground  White  gt           lt Label Content gt               lt AccessText TextWrapping  Wrap   gt           lt  Label Content gt       lt  Label gt

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I used this to retrieve data from MySql Database   AccessText a   new AccessText        a Text reader 1  ToString             MySql reader a Width   70  a TextWrapping   TextWrapping WrapWithOverflow  labels i  Content   a

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Instead of using a Label class  I would recommend using a TextBlock   This allows you to set the TextWrapping appropriately   You can always do    label1 Content   new TextBlock     Text   textBox1 Text  TextWrapping   TextWrapping Wrap      However  if all this  label  is for is to display text  use a TextBlock instead

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We need to put some kind of control that can wrap text like textblock textbox    lt Label Width  120  Height  100   gt           lt TextBlock TextWrapping  Wrap  gt              this is a very long text inside a textblock and this needs to be on multiline           lt  TextBlock gt       lt  Label gt

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To wrap text in the label control  change the the template of label as follows   lt Style x Key  quot ErrorBoxStyle quot  TargetType  quot  x Type Label  quot  gt       lt Setter Property  quot BorderBrush quot  Value  quot  FFF08A73 quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot BorderThickness quot  Value  quot 1 quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot Foreground quot  Value  quot Red quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot Background quot  Value  quot  FFFFE3DF quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot FontWeight quot  Value  quot Bold quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot Padding quot  Value  quot 5 quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot HorizontalContentAlignment quot  Value  quot Left quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot VerticalContentAlignment quot  Value  quot Top quot   gt       lt Setter Property  quot Template quot  gt           lt Setter Value gt               lt ControlTemplate TargetType  quot  x Type Label  quot  gt                   lt Border BorderBrush  quot  TemplateBinding BorderBrush  quot  BorderThickness  quot  TemplateBinding BorderThickness  quot  Background  quot  TemplateBinding Background  quot  Padding  quot  TemplateBinding Padding  quot  SnapsToDevicePixels  quot true quot  CornerRadius  quot 5 quot  HorizontalAlignment  quot Stretch quot  gt                                             lt TextBlock TextWrapping  quot Wrap quot  Text  quot  TemplateBinding Content  quot   gt                   lt  Border gt                                    lt  ControlTemplate gt           lt  Setter Value gt       lt  Setter gt   lt  Style gt

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try use this  lblresult Content   lblresult Content    prime are      j     n

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Often you cannot replace a Label with a TextBlock as you want to the use the Target property  which sets focus to the targeted control when using the keyboard e g  ALT C in the sample code below   as that s all a Label really offers over a TextBlock    However  a Label uses a TextBlock to render text  if a string is placed in the Content property  which it typically is   therefore  you can add a style for TextBlock inside the Label like so    lt Label                   Content   Content Text       Target   Binding ElementName MyTargetControl   gt       lt Label Resources gt           lt Style TargetType  TextBlock  gt               lt Setter Property  TextWrapping  Value  Wrap    gt           lt  Style gt       lt  Label Resources gt    lt  Label gt    lt CheckBox x Name    MyTargetControl    gt    This way you get to keep the functionality of a Label whilst also being able to wrap the text

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You can put a TextBlock inside the label    lt Label gt      lt TextBlock Text  Long Text          TextWrapping  Wrap    gt    lt  Label gt

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I used the following code        lt Label gt           lt Label Content gt               lt AccessText TextWrapping  Wrap  Text  xxxxx   gt           lt  Label Content gt       lt  Label gt

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