# The list viewer can't fit the text
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299 "2020-04-13T11:15:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kaurgurlakshk0tz](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kaurgurlakshk0tz)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299/1 "2020-04-13T11:15:52Z")
Here you can see that the whole text isn’t visible, instead there are three dots. How can I make it so that the whole sentence is visible?
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299/2 "2020-04-13T17:01:10Z")
for now, you will need to create a dynamic custom list viewer.
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### Author:  [@kaurgurlakshk0tz](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kaurgurlakshk0tz)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299/3 "2020-04-20T17:03:23Z")
How do you do that?
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### Author:  [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299/4 "2020-04-20T17:08:04Z")
It looks like you are building a chat app, have you looked through the forums for examples of this?
this is how to make a list viewer yourself
> [@Changing properties of cloned components (DIY Advanced Listviewer)](http://community.thunkable.com/t/changing-properties-of-cloned-components-diy-advanced-listviewer/153213):
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> We’re working hard to bring you the [Extended Listviewer](https://docs.thunkable.com/release-notes#coming-soon-to-thunkable) component to make developing your app even faster, but in the meantime here’s a DIY approach. By using the “Any Component” blocks in Thunkable, you are able to clone entire rows or columns of content. But what if you then want to change some of the components within the row or column? Design Usually you can leave the precise details of your design until the end, but in this case you need to know what components will be…
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-list-viewer-cant-fit-the-text/563299/5 "2024-11-08T11:38:48Z")