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gridview won't wrap text

I have a gridview where the status field can need to be wrapped because it is longer than the space available. I cannot get this work, I have attached my code for gridview.

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" 
            AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="2" DataKeyNames="fldID" 
            DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None" CellSpacing="4" >
            <RowStyle BackColor="#EFF3FB" />
			<Columns>
				<asp:boundfield DataField="fldID" HeaderText="ID" ReadOnly="True" InsertVisible="False" SortExpression="fldID">
					<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
				</asp:boundfield>
				<asp:boundfield DataField="fldDateRaised" DataFormatString="{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" HeaderText="Raised" HtmlEncode="False" SortExpression="fldDateRaised">
					<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
				</asp:boundfield>
				<asp:boundfield DataField="fldAssignedTo" HeaderText="Assigned" SortExpression="fldAssignedTo">
					<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
				</asp:boundfield>
				<asp:boundfield DataField="fldDateClosed" DataFormatString="{0:dd/MM/yyyy}" HeaderText="Closed" HtmlEncode="False" SortExpression="fldDateClosed">
					<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
				</asp:boundfield>
				<asp:boundfield DataField="fldStatus" HeaderText="Status" SortExpression="fldStatus" ItemStyle-Wrap="true" HtmlEncode="false">
					<ItemStyle Wrap="True" />
				</asp:boundfield>
			</Columns>
			<FooterStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
			<PagerStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" BackColor="#2461BF" ForeColor="White" />
			<SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#D1DDF1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#333333" />
			<HeaderStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
			<EditRowStyle VerticalAlign="Top" BackColor="#2461BF" />
			<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
        </asp:GridView>

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puru1981

visit these links

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/community/aspnet/17/10083233/wrap-text-in-gridview.aspx
http://bytes.com/topic/html-css/answers/627827-how-wrap-text-css

ayan2010

Better to use template column, where you can put text-box or label which you can wrap. try it.

iepaul

ASKER

changing to a template field makes no difference

                        <asp:templatefield HeaderText="Status" SortExpression="fldStatus" ItemStyle-Wrap="true">
                              <EditItemTemplate>
                                    <asp:TextBox runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("fldStatus") %>' id="TextBox1">
                                    </asp:TextBox>
                              </EditItemTemplate>
                              <ItemTemplate>
                                    <asp:Label runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("fldStatus") %>' id="Label1">
                                    </asp:Label>
                              </ItemTemplate>
                              <ItemStyle Wrap="True" />
                        </asp:templatefield>

iepaul

ASKER

one of the suggested links is to do with tables and i am not sure what to do with the sample code provided in the other

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