# TextControl.AutoControlSize Property

> Gets or sets values that enable automatic expansion or shrinking of a Text Control's width or height depending on the currently contained text. These features are only possible, if the TextControl.ViewMode property has been set to SimpleControl. The property value is an object of the type AutoSize.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 11.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > TextControl.AutoControlSize Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/autocontrolsize-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/autocontrolsize-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/autocontrolsize-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets values that enable automatic expansion or shrinking of a Text Control's width or height depending on the currently contained text. These features are only possible, if the [TextControl.ViewMode](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/viewmode-property/llms-full.txt) property has been set to SimpleControl. The property value is an object of the type [AutoSize](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/autosize/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

```csharp
public AutoSize AutoControlSize { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property AutoControlSize As AutoSize
```

### Examples

The following example uses `TextControl.AutoControlSize` to configure auto control size as part of the text control workflow. The change is then applied to the active document or user interface.

```csharp
textControl.AutoControlSize = new AutoSize();
textControl.Update();
```

```vbnet
textControl.AutoControlSize = New AutoSize()
textControl.Update()
```

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