Multiline on Labels - probably very easy

[Spiel79]

Hi everyone.

 

Is it possible to have multiline property on a label? I need to type a few lines of text on a label, but cant seem to navigate between lines. For textboxes, you just set Multiline to True and when u press enter, it goes to the next line. Is there any equivalent way of doing this when dealing with a label?

 

Thanks.

[samsmithnz]

If I need to do this I either use multiple labels or carriage returns embedded in my text.

[I Schobert]

You could also use a textbox and mimik it's layout to resemble that of a label. That is easy enough...

 

Any issues with that solution?

[samsmithnz]

You could also use a textbox and mimik it's layout to resemble that of a label. That is easy enough...

 

Any issues with that solution?

 

Except that when you do this, you get a scroll bar on the side...

[I Schobert]

Sam,

 

A Textbox control has a Multiline property and a seperate ScrollBars property.

 

You were probably thinking of a RichTextBox that, by default, has ScrollBars = True (but this could be changed as well).

 

A textbox will require to set Multiline = True, but it has already a default of ScrollBars = False, so no change would be required.

 

The problem that I can see would be the fact that, if your text is longer than the available space in the control, you would see only a portion of it.

 

But, multiple labels or carriage returns would conclude in the same issue. Too much is too much :)

 

Agree?

[samsmithnz]

Sam,

 

A Textbox control has a Multiline property and a seperate ScrollBars property.

 

Sorry you're right, I was confusing it with the ASP.NET textbox :p.

[Spiel79]

Thanks to everyone who replied. I did manage to work it out using the textbox with layout changed method. Thanks for that Schobert. :)

[I Schobert]

You are very welcome Spiel79

 

:D