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title: How to Enable Autofit on a New or Existing Text Box
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# How to Enable Autofit on a New or Existing Text Box

Autofit allows text to automatically adjust in size so it fits within a fixed text box width. This is helpful when you want users to enter different amounts of text without the text extending outside the intended design area.

Autofit can be enabled directly from the left menu when working with a text box.

### **When to use this**

Common use cases include:

- Keeping user-entered text within a set space
- Maintaining consistent template layouts
- Allowing flexible text entry without manual font size adjustments
- Reducing overflow issues in editable templates

### **How Autofit works**

When Autofit is enabled, Design Huddle adjusts the font size as needed so the text stays within the text box. The text box width remains fixed, and the text scales down when more content is added.

Autofit can also be configured with additional limits, including maximum line count, maximum height, font size limits, and a truncation suffix.

### **How to enable Autofit**

To enable Autofit on a text box, follow these steps:

1. Open the Project or template in the editor.
2. Select the text box you want to update.
3. In the left menu, locate **Auto Fit**.
4. Toggle **Auto Fit** on.
5. Click the settings icon next to **Auto Fit**.
6. Configure the available Autofit settings.

Once enabled, the selected text box will automatically adjust the font size to help keep the content within the text box boundaries.

### **Autofit settings**

The following settings may be available when configuring Autofit:

- **Max Line Count:** Sets the maximum number of lines allowed in the text box.
- **Max Height:** Sets the maximum height that the text content can use.
- **Font Size Limits:** Sets the minimum and maximum font size Autofit can use when resizing text.
- **Truncation Suffix:** Adds a suffix, such as ellipses, when text is truncated due to minimum font size limit being hit.

When **Max Height** is enabled, the current height of the text box is used as the starting value. When **Max Line Count** is enabled, the current line count is used as the starting value.

### **Changing or disabling Autofit**

To change Autofit settings, select the text box, open the **Auto Fit** settings, and update the available options.

To disable Autofit, select the text box and toggle **Auto Fit** off.

### **Best practices**

For best results, set a minimum font size that keeps the text readable.

This can help prevent text from becoming too small when users enter longer content.

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