Gets or sets text alignment information on the vertical plane.
Namespace:
System.Drawing
Assembly:
System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property Alignment As StringAlignment
Dim instance As StringFormat
Dim value As StringAlignment
value = instance.Alignment
instance.Alignment = value
public StringAlignment Alignment { get; set; }
public:
property StringAlignment Alignment {
StringAlignment get ();
void set (StringAlignment value);
}
public function get Alignment () : StringAlignment
public function set Alignment (value : StringAlignment)
The following code example demonstrates how to use the LineAlignment and Alignment properties and the StringAlignment enumeration to align strings. This example is designed to be used with Windows Forms. Paste the code into a form and call the ShowLineAndAlignment method when handling the form's Paint event, passing e as PaintEventArgs.
Private Sub ShowLineAndAlignment(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
' Construct a new Rectangle.
Dim displayRectangle _
As New Rectangle(New Point(40, 40), New Size(80, 80))
' Construct two new StringFormat objects
Dim format1 As New StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.NoClip)
Dim format2 As New StringFormat(format1)
' Set the LineAlignment and Alignment properties for
' both StringFormat objects to different values.
format1.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Near
format1.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center
format2.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center
format2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Far
' Draw the bounding rectangle and a string for each
' StringFormat object.
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, displayRectangle)
e.Graphics.DrawString("Showing Format1", Me.Font, Brushes.Red, _
RectangleF.op_Implicit(displayRectangle), format1)
e.Graphics.DrawString("Showing Format2", Me.Font, Brushes.Red, _
RectangleF.op_Implicit(displayRectangle), format2)
End Sub
private void ShowLineAndAlignment(PaintEventArgs e)
{
// Construct a new Rectangle .
Rectangle displayRectangle =
new Rectangle (new Point(40, 40), new Size (80, 80));
// Construct 2 new StringFormat objects
StringFormat format1 = new StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.NoClip);
StringFormat format2 = new StringFormat(format1);
// Set the LineAlignment and Alignment properties for
// both StringFormat objects to different values.
format1.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Near;
format1.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
format2.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;
format2.Alignment = StringAlignment.Far;
// Draw the bounding rectangle and a string for each
// StringFormat object.
e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, displayRectangle);
e.Graphics.DrawString("Showing Format1", this.Font,
Brushes.Red, (RectangleF)displayRectangle, format1);
e.Graphics.DrawString("Showing Format2", this.Font,
Brushes.Red, (RectangleF)displayRectangle, format2);
}
private:
void ShowLineAndAlignment( PaintEventArgs^ e )
{
// Construct a new Rectangle .
Rectangle displayRectangle = Rectangle(Point(40,40),System::Drawing::Size( 80, 80 ));
// Construct 2 new StringFormat objects
StringFormat^ format1 = gcnew StringFormat( StringFormatFlags::NoClip );
StringFormat^ format2 = gcnew StringFormat( format1 );
// Set the LineAlignment and Alignment properties for
// both StringFormat objects to different values.
format1->LineAlignment = StringAlignment::Near;
format1->Alignment = StringAlignment::Center;
format2->LineAlignment = StringAlignment::Center;
format2->Alignment = StringAlignment::Far;
// Draw the bounding rectangle and a string for each
// StringFormat object.
e->Graphics->DrawRectangle( Pens::Black, displayRectangle );
e->Graphics->DrawString( "Showing Format1", this->Font, Brushes::Red, displayRectangle, format1 );
e->Graphics->DrawString( "Showing Format2", this->Font, Brushes::Red, displayRectangle, format2 );
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
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