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How do I resize a string grid column to fit the largest text in the cells?

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How do I resize a string grid column to fit the largest text in the cells?

by  djjd47130  Posted    (Edited  )
In a String Grid (TStringGrid), you may want to automatically resize a column to fit the longest string under that column. This procedure will do the resizing for you:

Code: 
procedure ResizeCol(AGrid: TStringGrid; const ACol: Integer);
const
  MIN_COL_WIDTH = 15;
var
  M, T: Integer;
  X: Integer;
begin
  M:= MIN_COL_WIDTH;
  AGrid.Canvas.Font.Assign(AGrid.Font);
  for X:= 1 to AGrid.RowCount - 1 do begin
    T:= AGrid.Canvas.TextWidth(AGrid.Cells[ACol, X]);
    if T > M then M:= T;
  end;
  AGrid.ColWidths[ACol]:= M + MIN_COL_WIDTH;
end;
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