Label word wrapping [duplicate]

Answer 1

Ironically, turning off AutoSize by setting it to false allowed me to get the label control dimensions to size it both vertically and horizontally which effectively allows word-wrapping to occur.

Answer 2

Change your maximum size,

label1.MaximumSize = new Size(100, 0);

And set your autosize to true.

label1.AutoSize = true;

That's it!

Answer 3

If you open the dropdown for the Text property in Visual Studio, you can use the enter key to split lines. This will obviously only work for static text unless you know the maximum dimensions of dynamic text.

Answer 4

Refer to Automatically Wrap Text in Label. It describes how to create your own growing label.

Here is the full source taken from the above reference:

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();
  }
}

Answer 5

Just set Label AutoSize property to False. Then the text will be wrapped and you can re-size the control manually to show the text.

Answer 6

You can use a TextBox and set multiline to true and canEdit to false .