Auto Width for controls

[ashwath12]

Was wondering if it was feasible to have an auto width option similar to the auto height for some of the controls like a label or a text input box so that I can vary the width of the control according to the text in it according to some predefined conditions.

[Meneghino]

This is already possible by making the Width property of the control a function.

For example you can make the Width property of Label1 as this:

20*Len(Label1.Text)

Please try it

[ashwath12]

Hi Meneghino,

Thank you. I had actually already tried this, but the issue is if there is no text available in say a text input box then the width would be 0. Also as in the case of auto height, was trying to check the possibility of avoiding formulae

[Meneghino]

Hi @ashwath12

Please try this:

If(Len(TextInput1.Text)=0, 20, 20*Len(TextInput1.Text))

With formulas you are much more in control of what happens.

[ashwath12]

Thanks a lot Meneghino.

[Meneghino]

You are welcome @ashwath12

[apmvanschie]

Still, some letters are smaller then others, so the amount of letters is not always an accurate way to establish the width of a button. I would still very much prefer an 'autowidth'.

[cboyung]

Yes, exactly that - since the width of letters are different, all you can do is guess at this. Would be much better to just be able to set the width to auto.

[R3dKap]

The AutoWidth for labels is something I am really looking forward to because it is the only way for us to create multilingual applications where labels are aside (like on a toolbar) and their individual length can vary a lot according to the language.

[Anonymous]

It's impossible to create tags visually without this.

[Lunune]

Looking forward to see this feature on PA