Text Wrapping is not working.

katjie.carpenter79866

Hi,

I've created a new sheet and a form, I've applied text wrap to the columns that might need it and I've tested certain cells, inputting more text than the cell than would be visible.  I've clicked an unclicked the text wrap button on the menu... nothing is happening. I've saved and refreshed the sheet...still no text wrap. 

Can you help?  I've also tried adding in Ctrl+enter to add a new line of text. Does nothing.

Thanks for the help!

Michael Kingsbury

On the column that you are trying to wrap text what I usually do is click on the title of the row (selects the whole column) then clicking the wrap button on top.

Greg Shortreed

Hi Katjie,

I am not sure if you are testing this with dummy text such as, erhgrkjhsfgsfdgjkhsgkljhdgsfdljvfdkjvnfdvkjdfkjdvfdjvk. That is what I did and it didnt work. When I put in real sentences, the text wrapping worked. 

Give it a try. I hope this helps.

Greg

Lou

After months of this working fine, suddenly all my forms no longer wrap... did something change?

Andrée Starå

Hi Lou,

Can you maybe share some screenshots? (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help.

Have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

Measker

I am also experiencing this issue. I'm using a basic timeline and the "comments" column will not wrap. I have the option selected for the entire column

Andrée Starå

Hi,

It seems like you have a divider, and the text is continuing further to the right in the left section.

Was that the reason?

Have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

Sarah Newhouse

I continue to experience this issue, too. I created a form and when I enter the questions in the "Field Settings" everything looks good, but when I view the published form, words are broken across lines incorrectly. I have selected all and deselected/selected "wrap text" but this did not resolve the issue.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Sarah Newhouse

Strange!

Can you describe your process in more detail and maybe share the sheet(s)/copies of the sheet(s) or some screenshots? (Delete/replace any confidential/sensitive information before sharing) That would make it easier to help. (share too, andree@workbold.com)

I hope that helps!

Be safe and have a fantastic weekend!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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AnnieR

Here's another example of wrap text not working

Genevieve P.

Hi @AnnieR

This is expected when the value in the cell is a URL.

URLs are one long string (like one long word) so the cell won't be able to "wrap" it since there are no breaks in the line. You could add text before or after the URL which will be wrapped, but the URL itself won't be able to be broken up and still be a clickable link.

Cheers,

Genevieve

oppamarkee

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/331852#Comment_331852

Also had the same problem but what I did was:

Select the leftmost row "headers", select Resize Row and choose Fit to Data.

Griff D

I had the same issue here is what I did and it fixed it… not sure what needs to happen and what does not I should also note that I to had a Column Freeze on the column that I was trying to wrap that would not wrap.

1. I removed the Column Freeze.
2. I tried to unwrap then wrap the text, it did not work.
3. I selected three columns, one of them being the column that would not wrap.
4. Unwrapped and wrapped again…
5. Viola! the column text wrapped. I am hoping that I am not paying too much for this feature :-).

I hope this helps the next guy with this problem.