Android Question EditText (or other view) with more width and height than the screen

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edgar_ortiz

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• Apr 2, 2023

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EditText with "Single Line" = False

 

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vecino

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• Apr 2, 2023

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Hi, thanks for the advice, I have tried it and it is surely what I will use.
Although I was really looking for (if it exists) something that could move beyond the width of the screen and the height as well, because it will be long texts that users will type.
Thank you very much.

 

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GMan

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• Apr 2, 2023

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Have you tried to set the Textfield wider than the screen (i.e. 2000dip) ?
But then the user can not see what he is typing

 

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vecino

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• Apr 2, 2023

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That's the problem, I need it to scroll horizontally and vertically, so I can see all the text.
Thank you.

 

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GMan

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• Apr 2, 2023

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Have a look at this, maybe that helps
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/scrollbar-size.97757/

 

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vecino

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• Apr 2, 2023

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GMan said:

Have a look at this, maybe that helps
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/scrollbar-size.97757/

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That code appears to be for B4J, not B4A.
I think I'm going to use a simple EditText and add an option to crop the text to the width of the screen.
Thanks, folks.

 

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GMan

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• Apr 2, 2023

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vecino said:

That code appears to be for B4J, not B4A.
I think I'm going to use a simple EditText and add an option to crop the text to the width of the screen.
Thanks, folks.

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Sorry, didnt noticed that really - saw only B4X

 

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vecino

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• Apr 2, 2023

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No problem. Thank you very much for your time.
I have implemented it with a simple EditText and the client was fine with it.
Regards.

 

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vecino

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• Apr 4, 2023

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I just discovered, by chance, that ScrollView2D exists, and it is exactly what I was looking for.
I have put an EditText in its internal panel with a much larger size than the device screen and it scrolls as you type, and you can scroll both horizontally and vertically.
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