TextBox.TextAlignment Property
May 02, 2013
Gets or sets how the text should be aligned in the text box.
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
<TextBox TextAlignment="textAlignmentValue"/>
XAML Values
Property Value
Type: System.Windows.TextAlignmentOne of the TextAlignment enumeration values. The default is Left.
Dependency property identifier field: TextAlignmentProperty.
This property returns the current alignment. Setting this property adjusts the contents of the text box to reflect the specified alignment.
The following code snippets show how you can use the TextAlignment property in XAML and code.
<StackPanel> <TextBox Margin="20,20,0,0" Text="A text box that demonstrates TextWrapping, TextAlignment, MaxLength, and AcceptsReturn" Width="300" Height="150" TextWrapping="Wrap" TextAlignment="Center" MaxLength="500" AcceptsReturn="True" /> <TextBox Margin="20,20,0,0" Text="A text box that demonstrates HorizontalScrollBarVisibility and VerticalScrollBarVisibility" Width="300" Height="150" AcceptsReturn="True" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" /> </StackPanel>
public Page() { InitializeComponent(); CreateControls(); } private void CreateControls() { //Create stack panel StackPanel MyStackPanel = new StackPanel(); //Create the first text box TextBox MyTB1 = new TextBox(); MyTB1.Width = 300; MyTB1.Height = 150; MyTB1.Text = "A text box that demonstrates TextWrapping, TextAlignment, MaxLength and AcceptsReturn"; MyTB1.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap; MyTB1.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.Center; MyTB1.MaxLength = 500; MyTB1.AcceptsReturn = true; MyTB1.Margin = new Thickness(20, 20, 0, 0); //Create the second text box TextBox MyTB2 = new TextBox(); MyTB2.Margin = new Thickness(20, 20, 0, 0); MyTB2.Text = "A text box that demonstrates HorizontalScrollBarVisibility and VerticalScrollBarVisibility"; MyTB2.Width = 300; MyTB2.Height = 150; MyTB2.AcceptsReturn = true; MyTB2.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Visible; MyTB2.VerticalScrollBarVisibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Visible; //Add the text boxes to the stack panel MyStackPanel.Children.Add(MyTB1); MyStackPanel.Children.Add(MyTB2); this.Content = MyStackPanel; }
