Word wrap for a label in Windows Forms

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How can one get word wrap functionality for a Label for text which goes out of bounds

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From MSDN  Automatically Wrap Text in Label   using System  using System Text  using System Drawing  using System Windows Forms   public class GrowLabel   Label       private bool mGrowing      public GrowLabel             this AutoSize   false            private void resizeLabel             if  mGrowing               return          try               mGrowing   true              Size sz   new Size this Width  Int32 MaxValue               sz   TextRenderer MeasureText this Text  this Font  sz  TextFormatFlags WordBreak               this Height   sz Height                    finally               mGrowing   false                      protected override void OnTextChanged EventArgs e            base OnTextChanged e           resizeLabel              protected override void OnFontChanged EventArgs e            base OnFontChanged e           resizeLabel              protected override void OnSizeChanged EventArgs e            base OnSizeChanged e           resizeLabel

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I had to find a quick solution  so I just used a TextBox with those properties   var myLabel   new TextBox                                               Text    xxx xxx xxx                           WordWrap   true                          AutoSize   false                          Enabled   false                          Size   new Size 60  30                           BorderStyle   BorderStyle None                          Multiline    true                          BackColor    container BackColor

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If you are entering text into the label beforehand  you can do this     In the designer   Right-Click on the label and click Properties  In Properties  search for text tab  Click in the tab and click on the arrow button next to it  A box will popup on top of it  You can press enter in the popup box to add lines and type as in notepad   PRESS ENTER WHERE YOU WANT TO WRAP THE LABEL TEXT

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Actually  the accepted answer is unnecessarily complicated   If you set the label to AutoSize  it will automatically grow with whatever text you put in it    This includes vertical growth    If you want to make it word wrap at a particular width  you can set the MaximumSize property   myLabel MaximumSize   new Size 100  0   myLabel AutoSize   true    Tested and works

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If the dimensions of the button need to be kept unchanged   myButton Text    word r nwrapped

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If you really want to set the label width independent of the content  I find that the easiest way is this    Set autosize true Set maximum width to how you want it Set minimum width identically   Now the label is of constant width  but it adapts its height automatically   Then for dynamic text  decrease the font size  If necessary  use this snippet in the sub where the label text is set   If Me Size Height -  Label12 Location Y   Label12 Height   lt  20 Then     Dim naam As String   Label12 Font Name     Dim size As Single   Label12 Font SizeInPoints - 1     Label12 Font   New Font naam  size  End If

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This helped me in my Form called InpitWindow  In Designer for Label   AutoSize   true  Achors   Top  Left  Right   private void InputWindow Shown object sender  EventArgs e        lbCaption MaximumSize   new Size this ClientSize Width - btOK Width - btOK Margin Left - btOK Margin Right -         lbCaption Margin Right - lbCaption Margin Left           Screen GetWorkingArea this  Height   2       this Height   this Height    lbCaption Height - btOK Height - btCancel Height         Uncomment this line to prevent form height chage to values lower than initial height       this MinimumSize   new Size this MinimumSize Width  this Height       Use this handler if you want your label change it size according to form clientsize  private void InputWindow ClientSizeChanged object sender  EventArgs e        lbCaption MaximumSize   new Size this ClientSize Width - btOK Width - btOK Margin Left   2 - btOK Margin Right   2 -         lbCaption Margin Right   2 - lbCaption Margin Left   2          Screen GetWorkingArea this  Height   2       Whole code of my form

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Use style  overflow Scroll  in the label as in the below HTML  This will add the scroll bar in the label within the panel    lt asp Label     ID  txtAOI      runat  server      style  overflow Scroll      CssClass  areatext      BackColor  White      BorderColor  Gray      BorderWidth  1      Width    900   gt  lt  asp Label gt

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The simple answer for this problem is to change the DOCK property of the Label  It is  NONE  by default

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Put the label inside a panel Handle the ClientSizeChanged event for the panel  making the label fill the space   private void Panel2 ClientSizeChanged object sender  EventArgs e        label1 MaximumSize   new Size  sender as Control  ClientSize Width - label1 Left  10000      Set Auto-Size for the label to true Set Dock for the label to Fill

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Have a better one based on  hypo  s answer  public class GrowLabel   Label       private bool mGrowing      public GrowLabel             this AutoSize   false            private void resizeLabel             if  mGrowing              return          try               mGrowing   true              int width   this Parent    null   this Width   this Parent Width               Size sz   new Size this Width  Int32 MaxValue               sz   TextRenderer MeasureText this Text  this Font  sz  TextFormatFlags WordBreak               this Height   sz Height   Padding Bottom   Padding Top            finally               mGrowing   false                      protected override void OnTextChanged EventArgs e            base OnTextChanged e           resizeLabel              protected override void OnFontChanged EventArgs e            base OnFontChanged e           resizeLabel              protected override void OnSizeChanged EventArgs e            base OnSizeChanged e           resizeLabel              int width   this Parent    null   this Width   this Parent Width  this allows you to use auto-grow label when docked to a parent  e g  a panel   this Height   sz Height   Padding Bottom   Padding Top  here we take care of padding for top and bottom

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If your panel is limiting the width of your label  you can set your label   s Anchor property to Left  Right and set AutoSize to true  This is conceptually similar to listening for the Panel   s SizeChanged event and updating the label   s MaximumSize to a new Size   Control sender  Size Width  0  as suggested by a previous answer  Every side listed in the Anchor property is  well  anchored to the containing Control   s respective inner side  So listing two opposite sides in Anchor effectively sets the control   s dimension  Anchoring to Left and Right sets the Control   s Width property and Anchoring to Top and Bottom would set its Height property   This solution  as C    label Anchor   AnchorStyles Left   AnchorStyles Right  label AutoSize   true

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Set the AutoEllipsis Property to  TRUE  and AutoSize Property to  FALSE

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Not sure it will fit all use-cases but I often use a simple trick to get the wrapping behaviour  put your Label with AutoSize false inside a 1x1 TableLayoutPanel which will take care of the Label s size

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The quick answer  switch off AutoSize   The big problem here is that the label will not change its height automatically  only width   To get this right you will need to subclass the label and include vertical resize logic   Basically what you need to do in OnPaint is    Measure the height of the text  Graphics MeasureString   If the label height is not equal to the height of the text set the height and return  Draw the text    You will also need to set the ResizeRedraw style flag in the constructor

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In my case  label on a panel  I set label AutoSize   false and label Dock   Fill  And the label text is wrapped automatically

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There is no autowrap property but this can be done programmatically to size it dynamically  Here is one solution   Select the properties of the label  AutoSize   True  MaximumSize    Width  Height  where Width   max size you want the label to be and Height   how many pixels you want it to wrap

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I would recommend setting AutoEllipsis property of label to true and AutoSize to false  If text length exceeds label bounds  it ll add three dots       at the end and automatically set the complete text as a tooltip  So users can see the complete text by hovering over the label

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