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UILabel wrong word wrap in iOS 11

I have problem with application using XIBs without autolayout. I don't know if this is important information.

I have UILabel with 2 lines using word wrap. In iOS 10 word wrap was working correctly, and first line contained one word + special character, for example ampersand. Example:

UiLabel on ios 10

Then on iOS 11 word wrap is working somehow wrong and puts ampresand to the second line:

UiLabel on ios 11

This is problematic as longer words, that normally fitted on second line now are not being shown correctly. Any idea what has changed? I know about safeArea but it doesn't look like reason. Any ideas how to move that ampersand to the top where is plenty of space for it?

Rest of the settings: size inspector

Solution

  • This is a change by Apple to prevent widowed lines. From a design perspective, it is preferred to avoid having a single word on a line of text. UILabel now breaks the line in a way that the second line of text always has at least 2 words on it.

    See the answer below for an option to disable it.

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    Also here's a good article about "widowed" and "orphaned" text.