How to show multiple lines in an Editor????

Ghani

I am using Editor in Xaml , in UI i am able to see an Editor but when i am going to use it like after entering some words and pressing enter the line moves up and is not visible .

Can anyone please help me out of the issue..

Thanks in Advance

AlessandroCaliaro

Does your Editor occupy all free space? Have you set something like VerticalOptions = FillAndExpand

https://developer.xamarin.com/api/property/Xamarin.Forms.View.VerticalOptions/

Ghani

i haven't set VerticalOptions = FillAndExpand.
below is like what i have

<Editor HeightRequest="50"/>

Ghani

<Editor HeightRequest="50"/>   

This i What i have as if now.

AlessandroCaliaro

@Ghani said:
i haven't set VerticalOptions = FillAndExpand.
below is like what i have

Try to set

VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.FillAndExpand

I think you have only one row because your height is too small

Ghani

i want it to be worked in xamarin forms .
i think layoutOptions Wont work in xamarin forms

JulianPasque

This is what I do to get this working:

    public class EditorGrows : Editor
    {
        public EditorGrows()
        {
            this.TextChanged += (sender, e) =>
            {

                if(Device.OS == TargetPlatform.Android)
                    this.InvalidateMeasure();
            };
        }
    }

Put this inside a Grid, with automatic Rowheight set and it will expand as you expect.

Best regards
Julian

AlessandroCaliaro

@Ghani said:
i want it to be worked in xamarin forms .
i think layoutOptions Wont work in xamarin forms

LayoutOptions is for Xamarin Forms

IvanFranchi

@Ghani said:
i want it to be worked in xamarin forms .
i think layoutOptions Wont work in xamarin forms

If not solved yet.. VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" works in xaml files.
My problem with Editor Control was showing multi line text. It wasn't automatically wrapping by itself.
My solution is setting the orientation of the parent StackLayout.
With Orientation="Vertical" the editor automatically shows the text properly. With horizontal it exceed the page margin.

aquabay

@IvanFranchi StackLayout orientation is vertical by default. A solution would have to also work with a horizontally orientated layout. Difficult to provide a solution if the code/xaml is not posted with question.

NjalEide

Late answer, but might save some people some time. Just set AutoSize="TextChanges" on the Editor