iOS multiline label in Interface builder

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How can I make a multiline UILabel in interface builder for iOS? I tried the UITextView but it didn't quite suit my needs.

How can I add multiline (text) in label?

Can you explain why id did not suite your needs? TextView with read-only is same as a multiline label. — Shreesh, Jul 02 '11 at 14:11
For others visiting this question, dont follow accepted answer of setting lines to 5 or `n`. Instead set it to 0(Sort of infinity). Check vijay's answer below. — GoodSp33d, Jul 20 '14 at 12:14
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/990221/multiple-lines-of-text-in-uilabel — vijeesh, Oct 19 '15 at 10:30

akashivskyy · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-18T10:34:16.747

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You can use numberOfLines property which defines maximum number of lines a label can have. By default, it's 1. Setting it to 0 means the label will have unlimited lines.

You can do it in code:

textLabel.numberOfLines = 5 // for example

Or in Interface Builder:

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answered Jul 02 '11 at 14:27

akashivskyy

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I tried, it works when I am writing the label, but when I press enter to accept it just all goes on one line. – Samuli Lehtonen Jul 02 '11 at 14:30
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And what's the `width` of your label? – akashivskyy Jul 02 '11 at 14:32
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Ok, I got it now, increased the height, that made it. Thanks! – Samuli Lehtonen Jul 02 '11 at 14:38
You can set Lines to 0 for unlimited lines. – paulmelnikow Mar 01 '13 at 20:54
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See also this answer which explains how to type a multi-line label into IB: http://stackoverflow.com/a/992511/893113 – paulmelnikow Mar 01 '13 at 20:55
Setting the lines to 3 , align center and increase height did it thanks – sjehutch Mar 13 '16 at 17:30
BTW: Use Option+Enter for a new line – Ujjwal-Nadhani Jul 20 '16 at 05:58

score 125 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 23 '17 at 11:25

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Hit Control+Enter to add a line in UILabel in Interface Builder/Storyboard.

edited Jun 23 '17 at 11:25

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answered Feb 09 '14 at 02:20

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Thanks, that's what I was trying to do :) – mcont Jun 21 '14 at 13:12
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Nice one. But "Q" isn't necessary I guess – Rendel Nov 19 '15 at 19:08
Spot on ! Exactly what i have been trying to do. No messing up with code – zulkarnain shah Apr 13 '16 at 05:34
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@Oliver Logic it does not quit Xcode... You haven't read correctly. He said CONTROL+Q+ENTER (and not CMD+Q).. But Rendel is right only CONTROL+ENTER suffices here. – gaskbr Dec 21 '16 at 13:03
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@Logic it does not quit Xcode... You haven't read correctly. He said CONTROL+Q+ENTER (and not CMD+Q).. But Rendel is right only CONTROL+ENTER suffices here. – gaskbr Dec 22 '16 at 20:38

score 48 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '12 at 14:34

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Thanks AppleVijay!

Also to call sizeToFit, like this:

label.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
label.numberOfLines = 0;
[label sizeToFit];

The height will be automatically computed.

answered Apr 18 '12 at 14:34

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Note: UILineBreakModeWordWrap is deprecated as of iOS6. Use [label setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakWordWrapping]; instead. – John Feagans Dec 04 '13 at 02:22
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Missing "By". label.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping – user1872384 Mar 13 '14 at 06:07
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use NSLineBreakMode.ByWordWrapping instead of UILineBreakModeWordWrap for swift – Deb Jun 20 '15 at 01:44

score 12 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 30 '16 at 11:38

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set width of label as u needed small then use IB to set line breaks to word wrap

or use with code like this

I found a solution.

One just has to add the following code:

textLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping;
textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;

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answered Jul 02 '11 at 14:26

Vijay-Apple-Dev.blogspot.com

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Krunal · Answer 5 · 2018-04-13T12:15:23.843

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Set number of lines zero for dynamic text information, it will be useful when your text are varying.

Programatically (Swift 3)

var label = UILabel()
let stringValue = "iOS\nmultiline\nlabel\nin\nInterface\nbuilder"
label.text = stringValue
label.numberOfLines = 0 // Set 0, if number of lines not specified.
label.lineBreakMode = .byTruncatingTail // or .byWrappingWord
label.minimumScaleFactor = 0.8 . // It is not required but nice to have a minimum scale factor to fit text into label frame

Using Inetrface Builder

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Note: It is not required to set Minimum Font Scale, but nice to have a minimum scale factor to fit text into label frame.

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answered Mar 04 '17 at 05:36

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How can I make label height variable based on text in it ? – Renascent Oct 15 '20 at 11:33
@Renascent - The 'Autoshrink' dropdown has another value in the list - Miminum font size, which may solve your problem. – Krunal Oct 20 '20 at 04:55

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 13 '18 at 12:23

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Number of lines is visible in IB with Plain UILabels set lines field as 0 . It will create multiple lines as per the provided space to the label.

answered Apr 13 '18 at 12:23

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 08 '14 at 03:11

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In iOS7 (Xcode5) you shold set the lines of UILabel to 0 for unlimited multiple input in storyboard.
The most important is to set the height of the UILabel can hold the lines of input you are going to set.

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Jan 19 '15 at 11:20

textLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;

textLabel.numberOfLines = 0;

CGSize size =  [[[arrNewsFeed objectAtIndex:row] objectForKey:@"c"]  sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14.0]  constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(188, CGFLOAT_MAX)
                                                                     lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail];

textLabel.frame = (CGRect){.origin = cell.lblNewsDescription.frame.origin, .size = size};

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 18:06

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If you set the numberOfLines property equal to 0, the label will automatically adjust to the required number of lines of the given text.

answered Mar 22 '18 at 18:06

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered May 13 '20 at 18:57

I had been struggling with this for a long time. I just wanted my label text to appear on the second line. But whatever I do, it would just overflow the UILabel box. For me, changing the autoresizing in size inspector worked. Simple fix.

May be someone might find it helpful who is looking for something similar.

score -2 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 07 '16 at 09:21

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For X-Code 7.2

-- Select UILabel
-- Attributes inspector
-- Text - Select Attributed

After this you can see some more attribute you can add into you label, in which you can also find number of Lines. Which make your label multiline.

answered Apr 07 '16 at 09:21

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Number of lines is visible in IB with Plain UILabels. – Graham Lea Jun 01 '16 at 07:57

iOS multiline label in Interface builder

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For X-Code 7.2

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