# Wrapping

## Introduction

Text instances can wrap their text or can extend horizontally to fill their text. A number of properties control wrapping. For more information, see the following properties:

* [Width Units](/gum/gum-tool/gum-elements/general-properties/width-units.md) - Controls whether the text extends to fit its text or whether text wraps within the bounds. To make text extend horizontally (not wrap) set its Width Units to [Relative To Children](/gum/gum-tool/gum-elements/general-properties/width-units.md#relative-to-children). Otherwise, text wraps within its bounds.
* [Text Overflow Horizontal Mode](/gum/gum-tool/gum-elements/text/text-overflow-horizontal-mode.md) - Controls whether overflowing words are truncated or have an appended ellipsis.


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