Button title text not showing fully

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I am using Xcode 4.2 iOS 5.0 and also using storyboard. I have simple button and I connected that button with outlet.Now I am changing the button text from code.Problem is that if my string of button title is that "hey how are you?" then it is showing in button title "hey....u?" .Can anyone suggest me where I am doing wrong or missing something else?

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This is IB Settings.
I just wrote btw.textLabel.text=textstr; and frame is (0,0,290,42) and text str is time as for e.g [NSDate date]

I don't know why it is?Can u suggest me how shall I increase it? — NSCry, Feb 24 '12 at 08:14
@ARC But it seems you accepted answers which weren't really answers, so that isnt' much help either. — Abizern, Feb 24 '12 at 12:36
Possible duplicate of [UIButton - text truncated](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6538196/uibutton-text-truncated) — ndreisg, Sep 29 '17 at 09:31

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 24 '12 at 12:34

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Your button width is smaller than the title string's length.that's why it truncates the middle part of the string. You can set the content mode to characterWrap in IB to make the title in two lines or you can change the font size to a smaller one to fit in your button width or you can change the button width to occupy the whole string. Prefer what is fine for you.

edited Feb 24 '12 at 12:34

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answered Feb 24 '12 at 08:18

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Your Line break is still in the Truncate Middle option(in IB).Change it to characterWrap. – Sree Feb 24 '12 at 12:37
Actually I did not know that time how it is accepted in stack overflow At that time I did it for testing it:) – NSCry Feb 24 '12 at 12:37
@Sree after changing it is not displaying anything – NSCry Feb 24 '12 at 12:44
@ARC:Please provide the bottom section of your IB settings – Sree Feb 24 '12 at 12:49

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '12 at 08:08

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Try [myButton sizeToFit]; //I need to type 9 more characters to answer this question due to 30 char minimum.

answered Feb 24 '12 at 08:08

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Not working in my case.Thanks for suggestion.Do u have any other solutions?? – NSCry Feb 24 '12 at 08:12
Not working means what? The button doesn't resize at all, not enough? – dbrajkovic Feb 24 '12 at 08:17
Title goes to top left side of button and previously it was in middle of button and "......" is still there – NSCry Feb 24 '12 at 08:18

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 29 '17 at 09:34

I'm not sure if this already worked in XCode 4.2, but now it does ;)

You need to use the UIButton method setTitle:forState:

[self.myButton setTitle:@"Correct New Title" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

as this will correctly update the size and position of the buttons label. Where as just setting the title with self.myButton.titleLabel.text = @"Wrong New Title"; will not.

Credits to James Beith (see his Answer in UIButton - text truncated)

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 07 '13 at 02:23

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myButton.textLabel.text = @"some very long title";
[myButton.textLabel sizeToFit];

answered Sep 07 '13 at 02:23

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 03 '19 at 14:30

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FOR SWIFT 4,5

You need to use "setTitle" instead of "textLabel.text"

Button.setTitle("this is maximium line text come", for: .normal)

answered Dec 03 '19 at 14:30

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