Display a long text in a TLabel with an end ellipsis (Views: 29)
Problem/Question/Abstract: How to display a long text in a TLabel with an end ellipsis Answer: You must turn off AutoSize for the label, of course. Otherwise the current content of the label determines where the string will be trimmed. { ... } var S: string; R: TRect; { ... } begin {Get the text you want into S} S := 'this is way too long to fit into a label - trim it down'; {Make it unique, because DrawText is going to change it} UniqueString(S); {Get the rectangle available for drawing} R := Label1.ClientRect; {Make sure you're using the same font the label will use} Label1.Canvas.Font := Label1.Font; {Ask Windows to trim it up with out replacing "&" by an underscore} DrawText(Label1.Canvas.Handle, PChar(S), Length(S), R, DT_END_ELLIPSIS or DT_MODIFYSTRING or DT_NOPREFIX); {Now plug that trimmed text into Label1} Label1.Caption := S; { ... } |