Autoshrink setting for UIButton in Storyboard

Question

There is a setting for UILabel in storyboard that allows setting auto-shrink configurations, as shown below:

But I am unable to find the same for UIButton's textlabel. I am aware that I can set this programmatically but curious to know if there's a way to enable this setting for UIButton in Storyboard.

score 72 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 09:52

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You can use User Defined Runtime Attributes to set this flag using the storyboard.

Set the following key path:

titleLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth to true

answered Mar 22 '16 at 09:52

Nicholas

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score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 06:12

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No, there is no option available in storyboard for set Button's textlabel auto-shrink ,

But you can set it programatically with adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth as you are aware with it.

yourbutton.titleLabel?.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = true;

answered Mar 08 '16 at 06:12

Badal Shah

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you can set it via IBDesignable and IBInspectable – techloverr Mar 08 '16 at 06:22
@techloverr he just want to know that is it possible from storyboard. He want direct option like Autoshrink in UILabel. – Badal Shah Mar 08 '16 at 06:24
yes but we can show him another approach via just couple line of code instead of telling him NO in bold – techloverr Mar 08 '16 at 06:25
@techloverr he already mention that he knows another approach with programatically. – Badal Shah Mar 08 '16 at 06:26
@techloverr this not only via storyboard , you also need to do set some properties programatically. – Badal Shah Mar 08 '16 at 06:28
@techloverr same here buddy. i also don't want to do. but can you say which option is better ? 2 line of code or full process with IBDesignable ? – Badal Shah Mar 08 '16 at 06:30
via IBDesignable you can see the result directly without even running a code so it is better – techloverr Mar 08 '16 at 06:31
@Anbu.Karthik let's clear I downvoted your answer because you suggested deprecated method – techloverr Mar 08 '16 at 06:32

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 06:07

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try this

btn.titleLabel.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
btn.titleLabel.minimumScaleFactor = 0.5; // set whatever factor you want to set

If you want to set in storyboard try IBDesignable and IBInspectable

refer http://nshipster.com/ibinspectable-ibdesignable/

answered Mar 08 '16 at 06:07

techloverr

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so are you the downvoter for my answer, ok welcome bro, the question asked with out single code need to change , is this possible in UIButton – Anbu.Karthik Mar 08 '16 at 06:13
no hard feeling bro, it was deprecated so I did downvote – techloverr Mar 08 '16 at 06:14
IBDesignable or IBInspectable we are assign the custom proerty , in here we add our own property whatever we need corret – Anbu.Karthik Mar 08 '16 at 06:15
with all due respect if we can set this property in the setter of our custom property – techloverr Mar 08 '16 at 06:15

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 09 '17 at 12:05

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Swift 4 solution

class CustomButton : UIButton{
    @IBInspectable var adjustsTitleFontSizeToFitWidth: Bool = false {
        didSet {
            self.titleLabel?.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = adjustsTitleFontSizeToFitWidth
        }
    }
}

answered Oct 09 '17 at 12:05

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 04 '22 at 17:40

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extension UIButton {
    @IBInspectable var adjustsTitleFontSizeToFitWidth: Bool = false {
        didSet {
            self.titleLabel?.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = adjustsTitleFontSizeToFitWidth
        }
    }
}

answered May 04 '22 at 17:40

Rahul Dhiman

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Welcome to Stack Overflow! While this code may solve the question, [including an explanation](//meta.stackexchange.com/q/114762) of how and why this solves the problem would really help to improve the quality of your post. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, not just the person asking now. Please [edit] your answer to add explanations and give an indication of what limitations and assumptions apply. – May 05 '22 at 00:57

Autoshrink setting for UIButton in Storyboard

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