What Klaus said is true, but this still all depends on the state of the “dontWrap” property. If “true” text will run on forever, regardless of whether a particular line contains spaces or not.
So what is the state of that property in your field? Anyway, a little playing around with dontWrap will set you straight. > On Jul 22, 2020, at 9:05 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Craig, > >> Am 22.07.2020 um 14:56 schrieb Craig Newman via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: >> >> Hi. >> >> Sorry, it is "dontWrap", not "donttWrap". >> The field is not truncating, except visually. The text runs out the right >> side of the field's visible extent. Setting the "dontWrap" to false will >> force the field to wrap the text. > > "dontwrap" or not, LC needs a SPACE in a word to wrap the text! > No space = no wrapping! > >> You must remember that this is not the same as adding carriage returns in >> the necessary places. >> >> Craig >> >>> On Jul 22, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> Check out the “donttWrap” and “formattedWidth” properties. >>> Craig >>> >>>> On Jul 22, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Terence Heaford via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> If you have a field with one long word that is wider than the field it >>>> does not wrap, it truncates. >>>> Is there a solution to this? >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Terry > > Best > > Klaus > > -- > Klaus Major > https://www.major-k.de <https://www.major-k.de/> > kl...@major-k.de <mailto:kl...@major-k.de> > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > <http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
