### Method

# Pango Layoutset_height

since: 1.20

#### Declaration [src]

    void
    pango_layout_set_height (
      PangoLayout* layout,
      int height
    )

#### Description [src]

Sets the height to which the `PangoLayout` should be ellipsized at.

There are two different behaviors, based on whether `height` is positive or negative.

If `height` is positive, it will be the maximum height of the layout. Only lines would be shown that would fit, and if there is any text omitted, an ellipsis added. At least one line is included in each paragraph regardless of how small the height value is. A value of zero will render exactly one line for the entire layout.

If `height` is negative, it will be the (negative of) maximum number of lines per paragraph. That is, the total number of lines shown may well be more than this value if the layout contains multiple paragraphs of text. The default value of -1 means that the first line of each paragraph is ellipsized. This behavior may be changed in the future to act per layout instead of per paragraph. File a bug against pango at https://gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/pango if your code relies on this behavior.

Height setting only has effect if a positive width is set on `layout` and ellipsization mode of `layout` is not `PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE`. The behavior is undefined if a height other than -1 is set and ellipsization mode is set to `PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE`, and may change in the future.

Available since: 1.20

#### Parameters

`height`

  Type: `int`

  The desired height of the layout in Pango units if positive, or desired number of lines if negative.