Do you have an explicit width on the Text component? Tracy
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of geraldshastri Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:43 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Adding an ellipsis to truncated text in Text control Yes I did that, and by default that property is set to true, as per the documentation. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , learner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > did u try this : > <mx:Text > truncateToFit = 'true' /> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:53 PM, geraldshastri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I am using a text control but it's not showing the ellipsis ('...') > > after the truncated text. The documentation clearly says that it > > should be added. Do I have to toggle some settings to get the ellipsis > > after the truncated text? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > >