setWideTextAction() not having desired effect

[Tuoman]

Hi,

I try to use setWideTextAction() to wrap my long text into new lines as it goes over screen.

However, setWideTextAction does not seem to do anything.

What I have done:

-disable Auto-size and set text area size within screen limits (to generate code below)

-set Ellipsis character for this typography to *

-use code:

textPopup.setPosition(29, 0, 180, 160);
    textPopup.setColor(touchgfx::Color::getColorFrom24BitRGB(207, 207, 207));
    textPopup.setLinespacing(0);
    textPopup.setTypedText(touchgfx::TypedText(T_SINGLEUSEID228));
 
 
    textPopup.setWideTextAction(WIDE_TEXT_CHARWRAP);
    textPopup.invalidate();
    textPopup.resizeToCurrentText();
    textPopup.resizeHeightToCurrentText();
    textPopup.invalidate();

There is no ellipsis character, no newlines, the text just prints over the borders like it was not there.

How to use this?

Thanks!

[Martin KJELDSEN · Accepted solution]

You've just resized to Current Text, so naturally there won't be any wrapping. The textarea is now as long as the text and requires no wrapping.

/Martin

[Tuoman]

Oh right, didn't realize that it will cut the text.

Thanks, just saved me many hours, worked immediately!

[Martin KJELDSEN]

Awesome! :) No problem.

[arnaljl]

Good grief, I fell in this trap too ! :grimacing_face:

Thanks @Martin KJELDSEN​  ! 🤩

[Martin KJELDSEN]

Haha. No problem. If there's a trap, then there's probably something to be improved.