Vertical content align in Android EditText

Question

I have a multi-line EditText:

<EditText      android:layout_gravity="center"     android:id="@+id/txtMessage"     android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_below="@+id/lblMessage"     android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:width="250dip"     android:text=""     android:maxLength="760"     android:lines="4"> </EditText> 

Now the content is aligned to the middle. And I'd like to have the content aligned to the top.

Is there a property to do that?

Answer 1

Try this: android:gravity="top"

<EditText     android:layout_gravity="center"      android:id="@+id/txtMessage"    android:layout_height="wrap_content"     android:layout_below="@+id/lblMessage"    android:layout_width="wrap_content"     android:width="250dip"    android:text="hello"     android:maxLength="760"    android:gravity="top"                           android:lines="4"/> 

so android:gravity="top" sets the text at the "Top" Position.

You can also set different android:gravity attribute value such as center, bottom, center_vertical, left, right, center_horizontal, etc.

Enjoy !!

Answer 2

Try

android:gravity="top"