Trimming Windows form caption bar text

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.windowsforms

19 Oct 2007 9:12 AM

PacManFan

Hi,

In the resize event handler of my Windows form, I want to replace a portion
of the form's title with ellipsis when the form is too small to completely
fit the title. What's the easiest way to generate a trimmed, best-fit caption
title? I'm using .NET Framework 2.0.

Thx.

19 Oct 2007 11:58 AM

Kevin Spencer

When you control the painting of text, there are overloads of the
Graphics.DrawString method that allow you to specify the overflow handling
method. However, you don't control the painting of the text in the title bar
of the form. So, your best bet is to use Graphics.MeasureString to measure
the size of the title, and truncate it to fit.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Chicken Salad Surgeon
Microsoft MVP

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"PacManFan" <PacMan***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> In the resize event handler of my Windows form, I want to replace a
> portion
> of the form's title with ellipsis when the form is too small to completely
> fit the title. What's the easiest way to generate a trimmed, best-fit
> caption
> title? I'm using .NET Framework 2.0.
>
> Thx.
>
>