Net maui editor how to scroll text

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hi
do someone know how to define
the maui editor so its scroll text
horizontal and vertical

thanks

What I have tried:

I tried to nest the editor inside
a scrollview with vertical and horizontal
scroll bar set to always

but nothing seen

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="MauiApp1.MainPage">

    <ScrollView>
        <VerticalStackLayout Background="Aqua" Spacing="0" Padding="0">

             <Label 
                Text="Puzzle"
                FontSize="24"
                HorizontalOptions="Start" />

            <Border 
                    Padding="4,0"
                    HeightRequest="300" >
                <ScrollView HeightRequest="300"
                            HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Always"
                            VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Always" WidthRequest="380" IsEnabled="True" ZIndex="2000">
             
                <Editor 
                   Background="White"                
                   IsEnabled="True"
                   IsTextPredictionEnabled="True"
                   TextTransform="Uppercase"
                   CharacterSpacing="2"
                   Placeholder="Input your puzzle here"
                   PlaceholderColor="Black"
                   FontSize="14"
                   FontFamily="Monospace"
                     />
                    
                </ScrollView>
            </Border>

            <Label 
                Text="Current count: 0"
                FontSize="18"
                FontAttributes="Bold"
                x:Name="CounterLabel"
                HorizontalOptions="Center" />

            <Button 
                Text="Click me"
                FontAttributes="Bold"
                SemanticProperties.Hint="Counts the number of times you click"
                Clicked="OnCounterClicked"
                HorizontalOptions="Center" />

        </VerticalStackLayout>
    </ScrollView>
</ContentPage>

Posted 5-May-22 23:32pm

Member 13569650

Updated 7-May-22 18:03pm

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[no name] 6-May-22 12:30pm

Did you try it without the ScrollView? Or maybe just a button? Incremental development. One scrolls when one needs to; not because one can.

Member 13569650 7-May-22 14:31pm

yes I tried

but l am a beginner
and I need example to start with

I need an editor with behaviour
like a textbox with scroll bars

thank you

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Member 13569650 · Answer 1 · 2022-05-07T18:03:00

This work with vertical scrolling but I want also horizontal scrolling
and yet I don't understand how its work.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="MauiApp1.MainPage">

    <ScrollView>
        <VerticalStackLayout Background="Aqua" Spacing="0" Padding="0">

             <Label 
                Text="Puzzle"
                FontSize="24"
                HorizontalOptions="Start" />

            <ScrollView 
                Orientation="Vertical" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Default" MinimumHeightRequest="350" MinimumWidthRequest="350" MaximumHeightRequest="350" MaximumWidthRequest="350">
                <Editor x:Name="editor" Background="White"
					VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand"
                    VerticalTextAlignment="Start"
					AutoSize="TextChanges" />
            </ScrollView>

            <Label 
                Text="Current count: 0"
                FontSize="18"
                FontAttributes="Bold"
                x:Name="CounterLabel"
                HorizontalOptions="Center" />

            <Button 
                Text="Click me"
                FontAttributes="Bold"
                SemanticProperties.Hint="Counts the number of times you click"
                Clicked="OnCounterClicked"
                HorizontalOptions="Center" />

        </VerticalStackLayout>
    </ScrollView>
</ContentPage>