# 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](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/gum-tool/gum-elements/general-properties/width-units) - 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](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/gum-tool/general-properties/width-units#relative-to-children). Otherwise, text wraps within its bounds.
* [Text Overflow Horizontal Mode](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/gum-tool/gum-elements/text/text-overflow-horizontal-mode) - Controls whether overflowing words are truncated or have an appended ellipsis.