[bbCincinnati]

net.rim.device.api.ui.component.EditField

Hi Folks,

I'd like to have my cake and eat it too. I like the way the EditField automatically resizes itself as the text you enter grows bigger than the field. I also like how the getPreferredHeight() method allows you to set the height of the field to whatever you want. However, is there a way to kind-of combine these two features? What I want to do is to set the height of one of my text fields to double the normal height. However, when I enter more text than what will fit in those two lines, I'd like the EditField to automatically grow like it normally does. I was hoping that there would be a method like getMinimumHeight() or something like that, but I don't see one.

Or, might there be a way to make such an edit field (one where I've set the height) automatically "scroll" as you type in characters? Right now, it shows the first two lines I've typed, and nothing after that. It still allows me to enter more text, but doesn't show it.

Thanks in advance, if anyone can give me a pointer

[simon.hain]

you could use Font.getAdvance to get the length of a line and change the height of the field accordingly

[louE]

I had a similar problem except that I also wanted to make the Field grow vertically instead of horizontally. What I did was wrap the EditField in an altered VerticalManager. You can make the EditField style USE_ALL_HEIGHT and override the VerticalManager's sublayout method. In the sublayout you call the super method, then check the extent of the Manager and change the extent height to a minimum height if it is smaller than you prefer. It is a roundabout fix, but it worked for me.

[bbCincinnati]

Thanks to both of you for your responses!