Block.TextAlignment Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Documents

Assembly:: PresentationFramework.dll

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Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of text content.

public:
 property System::Windows::TextAlignment TextAlignment { System::Windows::TextAlignment get(); void set(System::Windows::TextAlignment value); };

public System.Windows.TextAlignment TextAlignment { get; set; }

member this.TextAlignment : System.Windows.TextAlignment with get, set

Public Property TextAlignment As TextAlignment

Property Value

TextAlignment

One of the TextAlignment values that specifies the desired alignment. The default is Left.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the TextAlignment attribute of a Block element.

<FlowDocument>
  <Paragraph Background="GhostWhite" TextAlignment="Center">
    One<LineBreak/>
    two two<LineBreak/>
    Three Three Three<LineBreak/>
    four four four four<LineBreak/>
    Five Five Five Five Five<LineBreak/>
    six six six six six six<LineBreak/>
    Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven Seven<LineBreak/>
    eight eight eight eight eight eight eight eight
  </Paragraph>
</FlowDocument>

The following figure shows how the preceding example renders with Left text alignment (the default).

Screenshot: TextAlign property value of Left

The following figure shows how the same example renders with Right text alignment.

Screenshot: TextAlign value of Right

The following figure shows how the same example renders with Center text alignment.

Screenshot: TextAlign property value of Center

The following example shows how to set the TextAlignment property programmatically.

Paragraph par = new Paragraph();
par.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center;

Dim par As New Paragraph()
par.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center

Remarks

Dependency Property Information

Item	Value
Identifier field	TextAlignmentProperty
Metadata properties set to `true`	AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender, Inherits

Applies to

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