# XTR.ITEMLINES

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_Updated June 2013; see History_

For XTREE controls with variable height items (XTF\_VARY), specifies the maximum number of lines of text that will be displayed for a single item. For fixed height items—i.e. when the XTF\_VARY flag is not specified)—XTR.ITEMLINES determines the display height of every row. [Sample image here.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/147576700@N02/50585500152/in/album-72157716821830643/)

| **Value** | **Description** |
|------|------|
| \-1<br>or 255 | Produces a row height equal to that needed for editable cells, which is typically about one and a half rows high. (This is automatic when the tree contains editable cells.) |
| \-2 | Adjust row heights to largest row font (+4 pixels leading) |
| \-3 | Same as -2 but with only 3 pixels of leading |
| \-4 | Same as -2 but with only 2 pixels of leading |
| \-5 | Same as -2 but with only 1 pixel of leading |
| \-6 | Same as -2 but with no extra leading |
| \-8 | See History |




**History**

2013 June, A-Shell 6.1.1354:  Add support for -8. Although -6 theoretically provides no extra leading, it turns out that when using the XTF\_VARY flag, the rows are more tightly spaced than XTR.ITEMLINES = -6 (without XTF\_VARY); XTR.ITEMLINES = -8 comes closer to the emulating the XTF\_VARY spacing.

2012 April, A-Shell 6.0.1248:  Add support for -3, -4, -5, -6

2011 September, A-Shell 5.1.11233:  Add support for -2