TextBlock.TextAlignment Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value that indicates the horizontal alignment of text content.

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

Property Value

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 TextBlock element.

XAML
<TextBlock 
  Name="textBlock"
  
  Background="AntiqueWhite" 
  Foreground="Navy" 
  
  FontFamily="Century Gothic"
  FontSize="12"
  FontStretch="UltraExpanded"
  FontStyle="Italic"
  FontWeight="UltraBold"
  
  LineHeight="Auto"
  Padding="5,10,5,10"
  TextAlignment="Center"
  TextWrapping="Wrap"
  
  Typography.NumeralStyle="OldStyle"
  Typography.SlashedZero="True"
>
  <Run Background="LightGreen">Text run 1.</Run>
  <LineBreak/><Run Background="LightBlue">Text run 2.</Run>
  <LineBreak/><Run Background="LightYellow">Text run 3.</Run>
</TextBlock>

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

C#
TextBlock textBlock = new TextBlock(new Run("A bit of text content..."));

textBlock.Background              = Brushes.AntiqueWhite;
textBlock.Foreground              = Brushes.Navy;

textBlock.FontFamily              = new FontFamily("Century Gothic");
textBlock.FontSize                = 12;
textBlock.FontStretch             = FontStretches.UltraExpanded;
textBlock.FontStyle               = FontStyles.Italic;
textBlock.FontWeight              = FontWeights.UltraBold;

textBlock.LineHeight              = Double.NaN;
textBlock.Padding                 = new Thickness(5, 10, 5, 10);
textBlock.TextAlignment           = TextAlignment.Center;
textBlock.TextWrapping            = TextWrapping.Wrap;

textBlock.Typography.NumeralStyle = FontNumeralStyle.OldStyle;
textBlock.Typography.SlashedZero  = true;

Remarks

This dependency property also has an attached property usage. In XAML, the usage is <object TextBlock.TextAlignment="value".../>, where object is an object element (typically a flow element) contained within a TextBlock, and value is a string value of the TextAlignment enumeration. In code, the attached property usage is supported by GetTextAlignment and SetTextAlignment. The attached property usage is not common.

Dependency Property Information

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

Applies to

Produit Versions
.NET Framework 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also