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Last Updated: 08 Nov 2026 01:22 by Frank
Torkel
Created on: 13 Mar 2023 13:15
Category: Reporting
Type: Feature Request
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Make the text fit inside the report item by reducing the font size

Almost any object can be set to grow (CanGrow = True). Which makes the object grow if the text is too long.

I believe you need a function for making the text fit inside the object.

“ShrinkToFit = True”

This would shrink the text so that it fits inside the object. So if the font size is 20 and a long text wouldn’t fit inside the object, the font size would shrink until it fits.

Today we need to set several conditional formatting rules for this and it’s far from perfect. 

3 comments
Frank
Posted on: 08 Nov 2026 01:22

This would be extremely helpful for fitting text within a prescribed area (like a postcard) without resorting to creating an image and then resizing.

Allowing the font-size to shrink (possibly with some min-size), would allow the layout to maintain its flow when there are some data values that are longer than others. Think hyphenated last names or descriptions that include colors.

Thank you.

Tony
Posted on: 24 Oct 2024 22:16
Also include Min Font Size, so that the size does not reduce to become unreadable.
Jerome
Posted on: 11 Jul 2023 21:02
Additionally allowing text to grow to fill the size of the textbox.
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