# How change road label behaviour

**URL:** <https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303>\
**Category:** WinForms\
**Created:** [June 23, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303 "2010-06-23T17:15:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve1](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Steve1](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Steve1)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303/1 "2010-06-23T17:15:28Z")

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Hi

I&nbsp;am&nbsp;upgrading&nbsp;an&nbsp;application&nbsp;from&nbsp;v2&nbsp;to&nbsp;v4.&nbsp;

Under&nbsp;v2&nbsp;road&nbsp;labels&nbsp;appeared&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;longest&nbsp;roads&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;zoomed&nbsp;out&nbsp;level&nbsp;with&nbsp;more&nbsp;road&nbsp;labels&nbsp;appearing&nbsp;as&nbsp;I&nbsp;zoomed&nbsp;in.

[![]()](http://cid-478bda4dd05d096a.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/road1.jpg)

Under&nbsp;v4&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;zoom&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;fair&nbsp;way&nbsp;before&nbsp;road&nbsp;labels&nbsp;start&nbsp;to&nbsp;appear.

[![]()](http://cid-478bda4dd05d096a.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/road2.jpg)

How&nbsp;can&nbsp;I&nbsp;change&nbsp;the&nbsp;default&nbsp;labelling&nbsp;behaviour&nbsp;so&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;more&nbsp;like&nbsp;v2?

Cheers

Steve

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**Author:** ![Steve1](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Steve1](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Steve1)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303/2 "2010-06-23T17:25:08Z")

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Should&nbsp;have&nbsp;searched&nbsp;the&nbsp;forums&nbsp;before&nbsp;posting.&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;The&nbsp;answer&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;DefaultTextStyle.TextLineSegmentRatio&nbsp;-&nbsp;this&nbsp;defines&nbsp;how&nbsp;long&nbsp;a&nbsp;line&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;before&nbsp;a&nbsp;label&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;shown.&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;Steve

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**Author:** ![Val](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@Val](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Val)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303/3 "2010-06-23T17:49:25Z")

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I&nbsp;am&nbsp;glad&nbsp;you&nbsp;answered&nbsp;your&nbsp;own&nbsp;question.&nbsp;Anything&nbsp;else,&nbsp;do&nbsp;not&nbsp;hesitate&nbsp;to&nbsp;post.

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**Author:** ![David](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303/4 "2010-06-23T22:09:34Z")

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Steve,&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some&nbsp;other&nbsp;tips&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;more&nbsp;labels&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;avoid&nbsp;cut&nbsp;off&nbsp;labels…&nbsp;&nbsp;  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;textStyle.DuplicateRule&nbsp;=&nbsp;LabelDuplicateRule.UnlimitedDuplicateLabels;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;textStyle.GridSize&nbsp;=&nbsp;10;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;textStyle.SuppressPartialLabels&nbsp;=&nbsp;true;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//You&nbsp;can&nbsp;move&nbsp;this&nbsp;number&nbsp;up&nbsp;or&nbsp;down&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;the&nbsp;fit&nbsp;you&nbsp;want&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;textStyle.TextLineSegmentRatio&nbsp;=&nbsp;1;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;David

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**Author:** ![Steve1](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Steve1](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/Steve1)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303/5 "2010-06-24T18:01:17Z")

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Thanks&nbsp;David

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**Author:** ![David](https://community.thinkgeo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://community.thinkgeo.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.thinkgeo.com/t/how-change-road-label-behaviour/1303/6 "2010-06-24T20:17:31Z")

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Steve,&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It’s&nbsp;my&nbsp;pleasure.&nbsp;  
&nbsp;&nbsp;  
&nbsp;David