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I am having a problem with the UITableview cell cutting off strings whose characters are more than 12 chars. Any ideas why this would occur? I have not made a custom cell at all. I cannot find any solution to this problem through a Google search. Any ideas?

Oh Danny Boy
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You should be able to set the label properties to re-size the font based on the label's contents using adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth. This will essentially decrease the font size to make the text fit all on one line.

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  • But the text does not even go 3/4 the way across the line. Some of them get cut off without even taking up half of the cell. None the less, I will try your suggestion. Thank you. – Oh Danny Boy Jun 14 '10 at 20:18
  • This shortened the text so it fit in about half the cell. The other half remains blank (the right half). – Oh Danny Boy Jun 14 '10 at 20:41
  • Right... it's not the size of the cell that's the issue. You can have a cell that is 320pixels wide and a UILabel on that cell that is 20pixels wide. It's all based on the width of the UILabel that is within the cell (again, I'm assuming it's a UILabel since you haven't stated otherwise). How are you laying out the label? Are you sure another label isn't overlapping the first one and cutting it off? – iwasrobbed Jun 14 '10 at 20:49
  • This is correct. Used http://stackoverflow.com/questions/446405/adjust-uilabel-height-depending-on-the-text/446864#446864 as a reference. – Oh Danny Boy Jun 14 '10 at 21:07
  • For information on accessing the custom cell created, check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3054881/access-custom-label-property-at-didselectrowatindexpath – Oh Danny Boy Jun 16 '10 at 17:29
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    You have a typo. the property should read `adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth`. - you are missing the 's' after 'adjust'. – Austin Aug 30 '13 at 02:37
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Your cell likely contains a label, which in turn is set to given bounds. What you need to do is ensure that your label is the same size as your longest string, or bigger than it.

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  • Also you can insert \n new line characters into your screen and set the numberOfLines property to however many lines there are, tho u can also set it to 0 and it will auto adjust – Daniel Jun 14 '10 at 17:43
  • I tried that, it puts the string on two lines. This is not the effect am looking for. I want the string to appear on one line. The largest string is only three words. – Oh Danny Boy Jun 14 '10 at 18:09
  • Three words can be as few as 5 characters, or as many as N characters. You need to figure out how long your string of words can be, and act accordingly. – jer Jun 14 '10 at 18:59
  • The longest string is 18 characters. I cannot figure out a way to adjust the width or max string size for the label. The only methods I come across are regarding cell height. – Oh Danny Boy Jun 14 '10 at 19:51
  • You need to set up the frame of the UILabel (frame property) to a frame big enough to hold your longest string. Create one with CGRectMake() and then set the frame of the label. – jer Jun 14 '10 at 20:37
  • This is correct. Same solution as poster above. Thank you for your help. – Oh Danny Boy Jun 14 '10 at 21:08