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How to word-wrap Label text?

Discussion in 'UI Toolkit' started by ShadyMike, Sep 17, 2019.

  1. ShadyMike

    ShadyMike

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    Hi,

    I cannot seem to figure out how to wrap a label's text if it exceeds its parent's content area. What is the recommended way to do so?

    Thanks in advance.
     
    ShadyMike, Sep 17, 2019
    #1

  2. pirho_luke

    pirho_luke

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    Use the uss property

    Label
    
{
    
   white-space: normal;
    
}


    Unintuitive I know but that's what it does!
     
    pirho_luke, Sep 17, 2019
    #2
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  3. SaiNarayan_SG

    SaiNarayan_SG

    Unity Technologies

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    Have come back to this innumerable times whenever I forget the name of the property. Thanks!
     
    SaiNarayan_SG, Jul 6, 2021
    #3
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  4. pokelocos

    pokelocos

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    What is the way to do this same thing from a C# script?
     
    pokelocos, May 4, 2023
    #4

  5. HugoBD-Unity

    HugoBD-Unity

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    There are multiple ways of doing it programmatically. You could do something like this when initializing a field, but this would apply the style inline.
    Code (CSharp):
    1. Label label = new Label()
    2. {
    3.     style =
    4.     {
    5.         fontSize = 12,
    6.         whiteSpace = WhiteSpace.Normal
    7.     }
    8. };
    Alternatively, you could still rely on USS like so:

    USS:
    Code (CSharp):
    1. .wrap
    2. {
    3.    white-space: normal;
    4. }

    C#:
    Code (CSharp):
    1. label.AddToClassList(".wrap");
     
    HugoBD-Unity, May 4, 2023
    #5
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