UILabel top alignment with multiline

Question

I have a UILabel with 4 lines in a UICollectionView. When there are fewer than 4 rows, I want the text to be on the top and not in the centre.

Thanks..

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '13 at 13:49

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this is the solution

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            yourLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
            [yourLabel sizeToFit];


        });

answered Oct 22 '13 at 13:49

Mirko Catalano

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it actually works.. I can't understand why as this was already the main thread – Roberto Ferraz Jul 28 '15 at 15:45

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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An even quicker way to accomplish this is by setting the UILabel's line break mode to "Clip" and adding a fixed amount of newlines.

myLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByClipping;
myLabel.text = [displayString stringByAppendingString:@"\n\n\n\n"];

This solution won't work for everyone -- in particular, if you still want to show "..." at the end of your string if it exceeds the number of lines you're showing, you'll need to use one of the longer bits of code -- but for a lot of cases this'll get you what you need.

You should have a look at this blog also.. And this link can also help you Vertically align text to top within a UILabel

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Oct 22 '13 at 13:52

Vineet Singh

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The only answer that helped me to solve this problem, this simple 2 lines of code. Thanks very much! – Tom Feb 13 '14 at 14:01
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Glad to help you @Tom... Cheers. – Vineet Singh Feb 13 '14 at 14:05

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 27 '15 at 08:52

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In Swift:

yourLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakMode.ByClipping 
yourLabel.text = yourString.stringByAppendingString("\n\n\n\n")

answered Apr 27 '15 at 08:52

thomasdao

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UILabel top alignment with multiline

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