Wrap Title for Icons Appears to Fail in Windows 3.1

Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
Article ID: Q85005
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

The Wrap Title feature for icons in the Windows 3.1 Program Manager may appear to fail even when this option is selected in the Desktop dialog box of Control Panel.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem

  1. In Control Panel, choose the Desktop icon.

  2. Under Icons, reset Spacing to 75 (default) and select the Wrap Title check box.

  3. From the Options menu in Program Manager, choose Auto Arrange. (A check mark should appear beside the command.)

  4. Quit Windows.

Title wrapping on icons should now be enabled when you restart Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

If the icons in a program group have been arranged using a relatively low value for icon spacing and you then significantly increase the icon spacing without rearranging the icons, the titles may appear not to wrap when you restart Windows 3.1. When you increase the icon spacing, Program Manager assumes that the icons are spaced accordingly and therefore positions the titles as if there is enough room to display the titles on one line. This behavior occurs only if the Auto Arrange command is inactive (not selected).


KBCategory: kbdisplay kbprb
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 pixels


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Last reviewed: November 22, 1994
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