Have you tried setting an android:ellipsize attribute on the textviews? http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.html#attr_android:ellipsize
Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Barkside <barkside.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm attempting to use GridLayout so I can generate a complicated layout on > the fly. However text inside TextViews is not getting clipped to columns > as I would imagine they would. To demonstrate what I mean, below is a > simple example. > > <GridLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"; >> android:layout_width="match_parent" >> android:layout_height="match_parent" >> android:columnCount="3" > >> <TextView >> android:layout_column="0" >> android:layout_columnSpan="1" >> android:maxLines="1" >> android:text="00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" /> >> <TextView >> android:layout_column="1" >> android:layout_columnSpan="1" >> android:maxLines="1" >> android:text="111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111" /> >> <TextView >> android:layout_column="2" >> android:layout_columnSpan="1" >> android:maxLines="1" >> android:text="222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222" /> >> </GridLayout> > > > I would expect across a small screen the following text, where each column > crops the content within it: *00000000011111111222222222* > But instead I get (where the second TextView is highlighted in blue): > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SfQXngN7xwI/T5aa27WnASI/AAAAAAAAAAM/itoZ4WcIU0w/s1600/crop.png> > > > > > > > > > > I would have thought that since the GridLayout is match_parent (i.e. the > screen), and columnCount is 3, all columns should squash together and fit > on the screen. > > Now, I have tried various things to get the desired result, including a > fixed layout_width of the GridLayout, clipChildren to true, a fixed > layout_width of 0dp and layout_gravity fill_horizontal for each TextView > (which just gives me 222222222222). I have tried various layout_gravity > values for the TextViews, including CLIP_HORIZONTAL. I don't want to have > to calculate the desired width and manually set that for each TextView. > > Any help out there please? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
