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How to get a DataGridViewTextBoxCell to act like multiline textbox without wordwrap?

If the DefaultCellStyle.WrapMode of aDataGridViewTextBoxColumn is set to true, it will wrap bothlong lines AND lines separated by a newline. What I need is the behavior of a TextBox, when MultiLine is true but WordWrap is false. The textbox will then show the multiple lines, but NOT wrap text within a line. Characters that don't fit within the horizontal area of the textbox are clipped.

I understand that handling cell painting manually could accomplish the horizontal clipping, but I also need to resize the cell and row vertically to be sure that the start ofeach linewithin a cell isvisible. Is this possible and how?

kaborka Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:14 AM

Hi kaborka,

Based on my understanding, we can call the TextRenderer.MeasureText method to calculate the width and then resize the width and height of the cell. Please take a look at this thread which shows how to call that method:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winforms/thread/87a668d5-5fa8-44f0-a831-94f4e82db8ca

Regards,
Aland Li

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Marked As Answer bykaborka Friday, October 02, 2009 4:34 PM

Aland Li Friday, October 02, 2009 6:57 AM

Hi kaborka,

Regards,
Aland Li

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Marked As Answer bykaborka Friday, October 02, 2009 4:34 PM

Aland Li Friday, October 02, 2009 6:57 AM

Thanks, Aland, that sounds like exactly what I need. In the past I've used an Autosize label to measure text before resizing a textbox to display it, but this sounds like a better solution. I will mark your post as the answer for now and reopen this later if I have a problem.

kaborka Friday, October 02, 2009 4:34 PM

Hi kaborka,

You are welcome. Please feel free to let me know if you need more information or a code snippet.

Regards,
Aland Li

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Aland Li Monday, October 05, 2009 2:40 AM

You can use google to search for other answers

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