Is there anyway to make an EditText start typing at the top left corner of the EditText?

Question

I have an EditText with the property:

android:minLines="3"

However, when I start typing, it types in the middle of the EditText.

Is there any way to get this to start typing at the top left of the EditText area?

Try this perfect solution - https://stackoverflow.com/a/47813929/3448003 — Bajrang Hudda, Dec 15 '17 at 13:18

score 183 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '11 at 11:54

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Add android:gravity="top|left" to the EditText in the layout XML file.

answered May 05 '11 at 11:54

CommonsWare

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@Commons Ware what should i need to do if i want my edittext hint in center_vertical but it should start typing from top|left ? – Erum Aug 26 '15 at 13:03
@Erum: I am not aware of a way to control the positioning of the hint independently of the positioning of the text. – CommonsWare Aug 26 '15 at 13:05
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Use start or end rather than left and right these days to compensate for both RTL and LTR readers – Andre L Torres Feb 28 '18 at 18:40

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 02:01

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Just insert

android:gravity="top"

into your EditText.

answered Jul 13 '17 at 02:01

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score 4 · Answer 3 · 2017-09-28T04:37:56.313

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android:gravity="start" would put it to the top left.

edited Sep 28 '17 at 04:37

answered Sep 28 '17 at 04:10

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 07 '13 at 11:46

This will help you. Try this EditText....

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/edt_comment_note"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="60dp"
    android:background="@drawable/white_box"
    android:gravity="top"
    android:hint="Note"
    android:imeOptions="actionDone"
    android:maxLines="3"
    android:padding="5dp"
    android:textSize="15sp" />

Is there anyway to make an EditText start typing at the top left corner of the EditText?

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