AutoSize in Xamarin Rich Text Editor (SfRichTextEditor)

21 Jan 20251 minute to read

The Xamarin Rich Text Editor control provides support to dynamically change the height of the control based on the input text’s height. This feature can be enabled by setting the AutoSizeOption.TextChanges to AutoSize property. By default, AutoSize feature will be disabled in RichTextEditor. The following code example shows how to enable AutoSize in Rich Text Editor control.

<richtexteditor:SfRichTextEditor AutoSize="TextChanges" />
richtexteditor = new SfRichTextEditor()
{
	AutoSize = AutoSizeOption.TextChanges
};
this.Content = richtexteditor;

MaximumHeightRequest and MinimumHeightRequest

AutoSize feature in the Xamarin Rich Text Editor control can be controlled by setting the MaximumHeightRequest and MinimumHeightRequest properties. The following code example shows how to set the MaximumHeightRequest and MinimumHeightRequest for RichTextEditor control.

<richtexteditor:SfRichTextEditor AutoSize="TextChanges" MaximumHeightRequest="500" MinimumHeightRequest="250" />
richtexteditor = new SfRichTextEditor()
{
	AutoSize = AutoSizeOption.TextChanges,
	MaximumHeightRequest = 500,
	MinimumHeightRequest = 250
};
this.Content = richtexteditor;

NOTE

AutoSize will not be working when the application is in AdjustResize SoftInputMode.

Limitations in AutoSize

  1. AutoFocus will not be working in the Xamarin RichTextEditor iOS.
  2. Extra spaces will be added in the bottom of the RichTextEditor control in iOS platform.
  3. Focus and UnFocus events will not triggered programmatically until the RichTextEditor is manually focused in the Xamarin RichTextEditor iOS.
  4. Custom toolbar will not working in the Xamarin RichTextEditor iOS because the control selection will be lost when clicking the elements in the custom toolbar.
  5. RichTextEditor will not rendered in the XAML Previewer for RichTextEditor(all platforms).
  6. Toolbar will be hidden when the MaximumHeightRequest is beyond the keyboard region.