EditText ellipsize (three dots...)

Question

Unfortunatelly I am not able to make ellipsize for EditText works. Is even possible to put three dots at the end of the text when the text is too long? It is working perfectly for TextiView but not for EditText. Some idea?

 android:id="@+id/ed_email_personalInfo"
 android:layout_width="match_parent"
 android:layout_height="55dp"
 android:background="@color/transparent"
 android:ellipsize="end"
 android:ems="10"
 android:hint="@string/email"
 android:inputType="textEmailAddress"
 android:maxLength="64"
 android:paddingLeft="10dp"
 android:paddingRight="10dp"
 android:singleLine="true"
 android:textColorHint="@color/col9a9a9a"
 android:textSize="15.7sp"

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 18 '15 at 12:13

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You have to remove android:inputType attribute.

Ellipsize doesn't work if inputType is defined.

answered Aug 18 '15 at 12:13

Oleksandr

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Perfect, following attributes with the above answer worked - android:ellipsize="end" android:singleLine="true" android:editable="false" – Ramees Thattarath Jun 05 '18 at 06:06
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This answer does not work. It is also ridiculous if it did because why would Android show ellipsis based on the input type? – Mitch May 17 '19 at 18:44
@Mitch undocumented feature b̶u̶g̶ in Android? – Oleksandr May 20 '19 at 09:51

score 21 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 12:13

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Set this property to edit text. Elipsize is working with disable edit text

    android:lines="1"
    android:scrollHorizontally="true"
    android:ellipsize="end"
    android:singleLine="true"
    android:editable="false"

answered Dec 31 '13 at 12:13

Mubarak

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It works. And there is no need to set scrollHorizontally and lines properties. – Ayaz Alifov Nov 23 '15 at 13:39
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android:editable property is deprecated and Google recommends to use android:inputType. However, according to my test, it would not work any more if there exists android:inputType – LiangWang Jan 05 '16 at 07:01

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 03:34

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Might not be possible in EditText (unless you create your own View). I think the default behavior (for singleLine EditText) is that you can scroll the text sideways when it can't fit in the view.

answered Oct 10 '13 at 03:34

user1923613

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 30 '21 at 09:01

I'm not sure it answers the question (and I guess the original asker is not so interested anymore, after 7 and a half years), but I'm pretty confident my answer will come in handy to anyone stumbling into ellipsis issues with EditText.

Don't try to find any logic in this, but based on the answers from Oleksandr and Mubarak, I figured out the following:

To ellipsize an EditText in XML, use deprecated android:editable="false". In my case:

android:editable="false"
android:focusable="false"
android:singleLine="true"
android:maxLines="1"
android:ellipsize="end"

No need to mess with android:inputType="none" for the moment. The EditText looks just like a TextView and is properly ellipsized.

It is possible to make the EditText editable (and remove the ellipsis) like this:

editText.setFocusable(true);
editText.setFocusableInTouchMode(true);
editText.setActivated(true);
editText.setInputType(InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_WORDS); // or whatever fits your needs
editText.setSingleLine(true);
editText.setEllipsize(null);
editText.requestFocus();

Your can then restore the EditText to its original state (ie. disguised as a TextView and properly ellipsized) like this:

editText.setFocusable(false);
editText.setFocusableInTouchMode(false);
editText.setActivated(false);
editText.setSingleLine(true);
editText.setKeyListener(null); // this is the key
editText.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);

score -3 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 01 '14 at 04:18

You need write a new class that extends EditText. for example:

MyEditTextEllipsize extends EditText{

private String dotsString;

private String storeString;

public MyEditTextEllipsize(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

@Override
    protected void onFocusChanged(boolean focused, int direction, Rect previouslyFocusedRect) {
        super.onFocusChanged(focused, direction, previouslyFocusedRect);

         if(focused)

     {
       setText(storeString);
      }else {
             String NOW = getText().toString();
                storeString = NOW;
            if (NOW != null && getWidth() <= getTextSize() * NOW.length()) {

                    dotsString = NOW.substring(0, (int) (getWidth() / getTextSize())) + "...";

                    setText(dotsString);

                }
}

    }
}

EditText ellipsize (three dots...)

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