# Checkbox Component - label width

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkbox-component-label-width/232894>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 18, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkbox-component-label-width/232894 "2007-07-18T16:14:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![nburlington](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nburlington/32/1365_2.png) [@nburlington](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nburlington)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checkbox-component-label-width/232894/1 "2007-07-18T16:14:09Z")

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My checkboxes aren’t showing any more than 16 characters and I don’t know how to make them wider because I’m attaching them in a loop like this:

```auto

var c = this.listView.createClassObject(mx.controls.CheckBox, "my_ch", this.listView.getNextHighestDepth(), {label:array[j]});

```

What do I need to do to get wider labels?