Is a vertical scrollbar for the Edittext view available?

[fredo]

Is there a short way inB4A?

A short hint would be appreciated

Regards,
fredo

 

[iTzCorky]

I know that it will scroll automatically if there is enough text in the EditText view. Also Set the multiline to false in the designer window if you plan to have a lot of text.

 

[fredo]

Thanks - will give it a try

Regards,
Fredo

 

[iTzCorky]

Welcome please let me know if you are having issues. If you are I will attach a test project to help you out.

 

[fredo]

The concept of multiline in Edittext is clear.
Automatic an manual scrolling of a text larger than the view's height is working.

What I'm looking for is, that the user sees a vertical scrolling bar at the right edge of the view so that the relative position of the cursor to the whole content is noticable.

I've found a solution here, but don't know how to implement it in B4A.


Regards,
fredo

 

[iTzCorky]

Ok I will take a look at it really quick and let you know.

 

[Erel]

Do you need to edit the text? If not then you should use a Label with a ScrollView.

 

[fredo]

Yes, the text needs to be editable...


What's with the code mentioned here?

<EditText android:id="@+id/edt_task_disc" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                      android:layout_height="wrap_content"  android:gravity="top"
                      android:background="@drawable/text_aerea" 
                      ...
                      android:scrollbars="vertical"
                      />

The proposed solution is "Please add android:scrollbars="vertical" to your xml code of edit text"


What do I have to do in the B4A World?


Best regards,
fredo

 

[Erel]

After reading several related discussions it seems like it is not possible to do it programmatically. You can try to put the EditText in a ScrollView . Calculate the required height with StringUtils.

 

[fredo]

Thanks a lot, Erel.

I will try your hint.

Regards,
fredo