Add new line to the text in a button

[bharusri]

Hi folks,

The text I have in a button is too long and I wish to have it in 2 lines. How can I get the text in a button to the next line. Can anyone please help me with this ? I am using VS2008 and .NET 3.5.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you

[toraj58]

      
  private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            button1.Text = "line1\nline2";
        }

[bharusri]

Hi Toraj,

I already tried that but only the first line gets printed. I do not know the reason for that. I also tried drawString method but the button covers the text. I do not know how to print the text over the button.

Thank you

[prixone]

have you tried \n and enlarged the Y size of it ?

[bharusri]

Yep, I increased the Y size of the button but nothing changed. I can see just the first line.

[someuser77]

Did you try adding the height of the button font?

button1.Height += button1.Font.Height;

[prixone]

Ok, i made a simple test on my VS2008...

When i made the button and enlarged it's vertical size and then typed what i wanted it did broke to new lines when it reached the end.

but if you create a new button and try to alter it's text it won't work.

So what i did to make it fit was:

button1.Height = 70;
            button1.Text = "Trying to make the text fits into the button.";

since with 70px i was sure all that text would fit in.

someuser77 method also works but if u have a big text it won't show up everything at once...

[someuser77]

What about setting the button AutoSize property to true? Do you need to limit the button width?

[bharusri]

Hi someuser77, prixone

I tried both the method you mentioned and nothing worked. I did set the size of the button and also the button size + font size but got the same result. Please, let me know if there is any fix. Actually I am developing an application for smart phone and may be that's the reason I do not find autosize property for button.

Thank you