Android: EditText doesn't get ellipsized

Question

I have 2 EditTexts in a linear layout and they don't get ellipsized

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#696969"
            android:layout_marginBottom ="5px">

            <EditText
                         android:id="@+id/addressbar" 
                          android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
                          android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
                          android:layout_marginLeft ="2px"
                          android:layout_marginRight ="1.5px"
                          android:layout_weight="0.35"
                          android:textSize = "15sp"
                          android:singleLine="true"
                          android:editable = "true"
                          android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium"
                          android:ellipsize="end"
                          android:imeOptions="actionGo"

                           />
            <EditText android:id="@+id/googlebar" 
                          android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
                          android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
                          android:layout_marginLeft ="1.5px"
                          android:layout_marginRight ="3px"
                          android:background="@android:drawable/editbox_background"
                          android:layout_weight="0.65"
                          android:hint="Google"
                          android:textSize = "15sp"
                          android:singleLine="true"
                          android:ellipsize="end"
                          android:imeOptions="actionSearch"
                           />


            </LinearLayout>

what do you think?

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 12:18

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Set this property to edit text. Elipsize is working with disable edit text

android:lines="1"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:ellipsize="end"
android:singleLine="true"
android:editable="false"

or setKeyListener(null); This work for me fine in all Android platforms.

answered Dec 31 '13 at 12:18

Mubarak

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if I set `android:inputType="textEmailAddress"` then it does not work. – Bharat Dodeja Apr 01 '15 at 10:32

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '20 at 08:00

I could see comment from many people that is Ellipsize works fine in TextView. But not in EditText! Actually I would say we need to have deep look at the EditText. Because EditText is child of TextView. EditText has capability to get input from user, which doesn't available on TextView. So EditText has KeyListener to observe EditText input key event changes. We have to disable this while you add ellipsize. So Your EditText won't be refreshed every time and you will not lose ellipsize feature.

editText.setKeyListener(null);
editText.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);

This one worked perfectly for me. Suggested solution. Thanks! — Top4o, Jun 01 '22 at 13:28

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Ellipsize is broken: Ellipsize not working for textView inside custom listView

Bug Report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=882

I had to do the following to get mine working...took a bit of fiddling

android:lines="1"
android:scrollHorizontally="true"
android:ellipsize="end"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Mar 04 '11 at 21:56

Will Tate

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If you look at the two links provided people have managed to find a few work arounds, but none of them seem to work across the board. The combination I posted in my original answer seemed to work for me. – Will Tate Mar 04 '11 at 22:36

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 15 '11 at 08:45

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I have a solution, add this line to your EditText android:editable="false" The edittext will be ellipsized, but this property is deprecated, but event it's not deprecated, when this edittext is uneditable I don't know how to make it be editable again by java coding.

answered May 15 '11 at 08:45

Leo

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Try using setEnabled(true/false) instead. – James Wald Feb 01 '13 at 04:07
I have tried setEnabled(false) - it doesn't make ellipsize to work :( – kinORnirvana Dec 11 '13 at 08:55

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 12 '21 at 16:49

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/et_task"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_margin="10dp"
    android:textSize="25sp"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:editable="false"
    android:singleLine="true"
    tools:text="My Task text sfdsafdsasdfsadfsadfdsafasdfвыа"
    android:background="@android:color/transparent"/>

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 26 '23 at 17:59

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Try this, android:editable="false" or setKeyListener(null)

Reference: Ellipsize content of editText when disabled

edited Mar 26 '23 at 17:59

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answered Mar 21 '23 at 07:28

zhiying hu

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Android: EditText doesn't get ellipsized

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