HorizontalAlign Enumeration (System.Web.UI.WebControls)

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HorizontalAlign Enumeration

Specifies the horizontal alignment of items within a container.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax
Visual Basic
Public Enumeration HorizontalAlign
C#
public enum HorizontalAlign
Visual C++
public enum class HorizontalAlign
F#
type HorizontalAlign
Members
Member name Description
NotSet The horizontal alignment is not set.
Left The contents of a container are left justified.
Center The contents of a container are centered.
Right The contents of a container are right justified.
Justify The contents of a container are uniformly spread out and aligned with both the left and right margins.
Remarks

The HorizontalAlign enumeration represents the horizontal alignment options for items within a container, such as a TableCell.

Examples

The following example shows how setting the HorizontalAlign property of a Panel control changes the horizontal alignment for the text of a Label control that is contained by the Panel control.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  Protected Sub HorizontalAlignList_SelectedIndexChanged()

    Select Case HorizontalAlignList.SelectedValue
      Case "Left"
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left
      Case "Center"
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center
      Case "Justify"
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Justify
      Case Else
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right
    End Select

  End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>HorizontalAlign Example</title> 
 </head>
 <body>
    <h3>HorizontalAlign Example</h3>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

       <asp:Panel id="Panel1" Height="100" Width="200" BackColor="Gainsboro"
            Wrap="True" HorizontalAlign="Left" runat="server">
         <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="This panel contains a Label control.">
         </asp:Label>
       </asp:Panel>

       <br />

       <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Horizontal Alignment:"></asp:Label>
       <asp:DropDownList ID="HorizontalAlignList" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" 
         onselectedindexchanged="HorizontalAlignList_SelectedIndexChanged">
         <asp:ListItem Selected="True">Left</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Center</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Right</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Justify</asp:ListItem>
       </asp:DropDownList>

    </form>
 </body>
 </html>
C#

<%@ Page Language="C#"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">

  protected void HorizontalAlignList_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    switch (HorizontalAlignList.SelectedValue)
    {
      case "Left":
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left;
        break;
      case "Center":
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center;
        break;
      case "Justify":
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Justify;
        break;
      default:
        Panel1.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right;
        break;
    }
  }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>HorizontalAlign Example</title> 
 </head>
 <body>
    <h3>HorizontalAlign Example</h3>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">

       <asp:Panel id="Panel1" Height="100" Width="200" BackColor="Gainsboro"
            Wrap="True" HorizontalAlign="Left" runat="server">
         <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="This panel contains a Label control.">
         </asp:Label>
       </asp:Panel>

       <br />

       <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Horizontal Alignment:"></asp:Label>
       <asp:DropDownList ID="HorizontalAlignList" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" 
         OnSelectedIndexChanged="HorizontalAlignList_SelectedIndexChanged">
         <asp:ListItem Selected="True">Left</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Center</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Right</asp:ListItem>
         <asp:ListItem>Justify</asp:ListItem>
       </asp:DropDownList>

    </form>
 </body>
 </html>
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
See Also

Reference

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace