Question Text Mesh Pro Detect isTextOverflowing

I am trying to set the text of a Tmpro UGUI to alignment right when the text is overflowing. The end of the string is more important in this case. But:

Code (CSharp):

1.         MyTxtUGUI.SetText("My Text Long text..............");
2.         MyTxtUGUI.ForceMeshUpdate();
3.         print("Overflow: " + MyTxtUGUI.isTextOverflowing);

always prints false, no matter how long the text is.
I set the overflow to overflow and truncated. I set the wordwrap to true and false. No difference.

 

same. even though i keep spamming out the input field.

Code (CSharp):

1. private TMP_InputField inputField;
2.  
3. private void Start() {
4.     TryGetComponent(out inputField);
5. }
6.  
7. private void Update() {
8.     Debug.Log($"{inputField.textComponent.isTextOverflowing}");
9. }

 

And that won't change because that is documented behavior.

Always start with the docs.

 

how is returning false when exceeding the vertical bounds text container documented, because i see the exact opposite. this is why its mind bugging, and yes, i do always start with the docs thank you.

here is my case. and im using the default template for creating an input field.







my script is attached to the InputField (TMP) object. and if the shown on the last image is not text overflowing, could someone clarify what is?

 

I know this is a old thread but just in case anyone else is having issues getting a true on the "isTextOverflowing" property, I put the check under the update method then it worked for me like so:

Code (CSharp):

1.     private void Update()
2.     {
3.         isOverflowing = text.isTextOverflowing;
4.  
5.         if (isOverflowing)
6.         {
7.             text.fontSize -= 5f;
8.         }
9.     }