#942 – Text Justification in a TextBox

November 4, 2013 Leave a comment

In typography, justification is the alignment of the edges of a block of text.  Text can be “flush left”, indicating that the left edges of the lines are aligned with each other and the right edges are ragged–i.e. not aligned.  Text can also be “flush right” (right ends of lines are aligned), “justified” (both edges line up), or centered (both edges ragged).

Like the TextBlock, the TextBox control allows setting justification using the TextAlignment property.  When set, text is continually adjusted to fulfill the desired alignment, as the user types.

  • Left – Left justify the text  (default)
  • Right – Right justify the text
  • Center – Center the text
  • Justify – Insert spaces between words to line up both edges of text  (only takes effect if line fills up available width and then wraps)
        <TextBox Margin="5" Height="100"
                 TextAlignment="Center"
                 TextWrapping="Wrap"
                 AcceptsReturn="True"
                 VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"/>

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#843 – Text Justification in a TextBlock

June 17, 2013 1 Comment

In typography, justification is the alignment of the edges of a block of text.  Text can be “flush left”, indicating that the left edges of the lines are aligned with each other and the right edges are ragged–i.e. not aligned.  Text can also be “flush right” (right ends of lines are aligned), “justified” (both edges line up), or centered (both edges ragged).

WPF allows justification of text using the TextBlock element.  You specify justification in a TextBlock using the TextAlignment property, setting it to one of: Left, Right, Center or Justify.

        <TextBlock Text="{StaticResource someText}"
                   TextWrapping="Wrap"
                   TextAlignment="Left"
                   Margin="10"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{StaticResource someText}"
                   TextWrapping="Wrap"
                   TextAlignment="Right"
                   Margin="10"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{StaticResource someText}"
                   TextWrapping="Wrap"
                   TextAlignment="Center"
                   Margin="10"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{StaticResource someText}"
                   TextWrapping="Wrap"
                   TextAlignment="Justify"
                   Margin="10"/>

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