# TextClipping

> Different methods for how the GUI system handles text being too large to fit the rectangle allocated.

## Definition

* **Type:** Enum
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.IMGUIModule

```csharp
public enum TextClipping
```

## Fields

| Value                                                                            | Description                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Clip](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textclipping/clip.md)         | Text gets clipped to be inside the element.                          |
| [Ellipsis](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textclipping/ellipsis.md) | Text gets clipped to be inside the element and added ... at the end. |
| [Overflow](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/textclipping/overflow.md) | Text flows freely outside the element.                               |
