Cocoa: How to dynamically size the NSTextField?

Question

I created a label:

NSTextField *label = [NSTextField alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(50, 50, 100, 50)];
    [txtField setStringValue:inputString];
    [txtField setEditable:false];

The length of inputString is unknown at compile time, so how can I resize the label so that it fits all in one line and center it after giving it the inputString?

I'm still new to Cocoa, so thanks for the help!

possible duplicate of [How can I resize an NSTextField to fit the text that it holds?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1355906/how-can-i-resize-an-nstextfield-to-fit-the-text-that-it-holds) — Jack, Jun 05 '12 at 02:59

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '12 at 18:47

Use NSControl's "- (void)sizeToFit" method. That will resize the textField according to the text in it.

To make text centered, you can do it in the Interface Builder and that settings will not change as you update the size of the textField using sizeToFit.

Cocoa: How to dynamically size the NSTextField?

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