property Items.CellSingleLine([Item as Variant], [ColIndex as Variant]) as CellSingleLineEnum

Retrieves or sets a value indicating whether the cell is painted using one line, or more than one line.

TypeDescription
Item as Variant A long expression that indicates the item's handle.
ColIndex as Variant A long expression that indicates the cell's handle or the column's index, a string expression that indicates the column's caption or the column's key.
CellSingleLineEnum A CellSingleLineEnum expression that indicates whether the cell displays its caption using one or more lines.

By default, the CellSingleLine property is exCaptionSingleLine / True, which indicates that the cell's caption is displayed on a single line. Use the Def(exCellSingleLine) property to specify that all cells in the column display their content using multiple lines. The control can displays the cell's caption using more lines, if the CellSingleLine property is exCaptionWordWrap or exCaptionBreakWrap. The CellSingleLine property wraps the cell's caption so it fits in the cell's client area. If the text doesn't fit the cell's client area, the height of the item is increased or decreased. When the CellSingleLine is exCaptionWordWrap / exCaptionBreakWrap / False, the height of the item is computed based on each cell caption. If the CellSingleLine property is exCaptionWordWrap / exCaptionBreakWrap / False, changing the ItemHeight property has no effect. Use the ItemMaxHeight property to specify the maximum height of the item when its height is variable. Use the CellVAlignment property to align vertically a cell. Use the ItemAllowSizing property to specify whether the user can resize the item at runtime.

If using the CellSingleLine / Def(exCellSingleLine) property, we recommend to set the ScrollBySingleLine property on True so all items can be scrolled.

The following VB sample displays the caption of the focused cell using multiple lines:

With ComboBox1.Items
    .CellSingleLine(.FocusItem, 0) = True
End With

The following C++ sample displays the caption of the focused cell using multiple lines:

#include "Items.h"
CItems items = m_combobox.GetItems();
items.SetCellSingleLine( COleVariant( items.GetFocusItem() ), COleVariant( long(0) ), FALSE );

The following VB.NET sample displays the caption of the focused cell using multiple lines:

With AxComboBox1.Items
    .CellSingleLine(.FocusItem, 0) = False
End With

The following C# sample displays the caption of the focused cell using multiple lines:

axComboBox1.Items.set_CellSingleLine(axComboBox1.Items.FocusItem, 0, false);

The following VFP sample displays the caption of the focused cell using multiple lines:

with thisform.ComboBox1.Items
	.DefaultItem = .FocusItem
	.CellSingleLine( 0, 0 ) = .f.
endwith

Note: The intersection of an item with a column defines a cell. Each cell is uniquely represented by its handle. The cell's handle is of HCELL type, that's equivalent with a long type. All properties of Items object that have two parameters Item and ColIndex, refer a cell.

The following lines are equivalents and each of them changes the bold font attribute of the first cell on the first item.

With ComboBox1
    .Items.CellBold(, .Items.ItemCell(.Items(0), 0)) = True
    .Items.CellBold(.Items(0), 0) = True
    .Items.CellBold(.Items(0)) = True
    .Items.CellBold(.Items.ItemByIndex(0)) = True
    .Items.CellBold(.Items.ItemByIndex(0), 0) = True
    .Items.CellBold(.Items(0), ComboBox1.Columns(0).Caption) = True
End With