Question

I need to show a large number of EditText controls on a screen, each of which will only allow entering 0-2 digits. The default EditText size is too wide for me to show enough EditText controls on a screen, but I have been unable to figure out how to make them narrower. I have tried the following attributes in

XML:

android:maxLength='2' android:layout_width='20dip' android:maxWidth='20px' android:ems='2' android:maxEms='2' 

So the question is: how can EditText be made smaller than default?

Answer 1

Try this way instead, shows the difference. Use the layout_width with the specified width.

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android='http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android'     android:orientation='vertical'     android:layout_width='fill_parent'     android:layout_height='fill_parent'     >  <EditText     android:width='10dip'     android:layout_width='wrap_content'     android:layout_height='wrap_content'     android:text='@string/hello'     />  <EditText     android:layout_width='40dip'     android:layout_height='wrap_content'     android:text='@string/hello'     android:maxLength='2'     />  </LinearLayout>