Text gets shifted to left i.e goes out of the screen on left side when i start to enter text in the `EditText`

Question

I am trying to use an EditText in my app.I have used match_parent for the EditText .When i try to enter some text in that EditText then it gets shifted to left and henceforth the earlier text goes out of screen.All of this is done inside a scrollview.

I want that all the text written should be visible on the screen. Here is activity_main.xml.

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity"  >

<ScrollView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
    <EditText
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="300dp"
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:inputType="text"
        />
</ScrollView>
</LinearLayout>

Check [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4233683/2504962) solution — Rashin, Jul 15 '16 at 12:49
Possible duplicate of [Allow multi-line in EditText view in Android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4233626/allow-multi-line-in-edittext-view-in-android) — Bharatesh, Jul 15 '16 at 13:15
the layout_width of your ScrollView should be ``match_parent``. See answer below. — finki, Jul 15 '16 at 15:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 12:49

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include android:singleLine="true" attribute in EditText

Hope that helps.

answered Jul 15 '16 at 12:49

Mustansar Saeed

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@ Mustansar Saeed, it's not working.Same problem is there. – Jul 15 '16 at 12:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 13:12

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Try to change this :

android:inputType="text"

to this :

android:inputType="textMultiLine"

answered Jul 15 '16 at 13:12

Lubomir Babev

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 15:06

You need to set the width of you ScrollView to match_parent. If you want to your EditText to be multiline, just add android:inputType="textMultiLine". Here's some sample code:

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

<ScrollView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/editText"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="300dp"
        android:inputType="textMultiLine"/>
</ScrollView>

Text gets shifted to left i.e goes out of the screen on left side when i start to enter text in the `EditText`

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