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Participant
July 15, 2024
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Textbox tailoring - adjusting width

  • July 15, 2024
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If I want to resize a textbox to fit the content, it only works for the height. The width remains the same. What is the reason for this? Is there a trick to adjust the width as well?

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jmlevy
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 15, 2024

Double click the right handle of the text frame, or enable auto size in the text frame options

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
July 15, 2024

How InDesign should know how wide - or narrow - you want your TextFrame to be? 

 

Vertically is easy - either cut to the text that's visible - or if there is an overset - try to show as much as possible. 

 

Participant
July 15, 2024

Yeah, i know that, if i press cmd+opt+c it adjust the Textbox according to de hight of the text, not to the width. Is there a solution? A shortcut?

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
July 15, 2024
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Yeah, i know that, if i press cmd+opt+c it adjust the Textbox according to de hight of the text, not to the width. Is there a solution? A shortcut?


By @Maximilian386088282gj4

 

Again - how InDesign should know how wide or narrow you want your TF to be? 

 

Scripting it isn't a problem - but the same problem remains - how script should know how wide TF should be? 

 

Fit to the Text Column defined on the current page - applied Master / Parent Page?