EditBox:SetMultiLine

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Sets whether the edit box shows more than one line of text.

EditBox:SetMultiLine([multiline])

Arguments

multiline

boolean? = false

Details

• Automated collapsing/expanding ignores Region:SetHeight(), but the size may be fixed with Region:SetPoint().

Example

Multi-line EditBox wrapped inside a ScrollFrame.

local scrollFrame = CreateFrame("ScrollFrame", nil, UIParent, "UIPanelScrollFrameTemplate")
scrollFrame:SetSize(300, 200)
scrollFrame:SetPoint("CENTER")

local editBox = CreateFrame("EditBox", nil, scrollFrame)
editBox:SetFontObject(ChatFontNormal)
editBox:SetMultiLine(true)
editBox:SetWidth(300)
scrollFrame:SetScrollChild(editBox)