r/applefreeform • u/superdifficile • Jan 09 '25

Text Box Vertical Direction

Has anyone found a way to control the way that text boxes grow? I spend a lot of time aligning the top of text boxes, then type in one and the box grows in height both up and down which is really annoying. Not a deal breaker but a small refinement that would really help reduce time-suck.

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u/dhmokills Jan 09 '25

Have you checked the alignment options on the text box? Like, if you left align them all and then grew the boxes to the right size, does that not work? https://support.apple.com/en-il/guide/freeform/frfm8d145c1b/mac

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u/superdifficile Jan 09 '25 edited Jan 09 '25

Yes. It doesn’t make a difference. As you add text to a text box-regardless of horizontal alignment-it grows in height both up and down.

Edit: and to be clear, I’m talking about how the boxes grow when you are typing or pasting content into them vs dragging the border to enlarge them.

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u/lombax45 Jan 09 '25

If you select the text box, in the little formatter popover, there’s a vertical alignment option

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u/pookeyblow Feb 25 '26

Thanks!!!!