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Alignment.Horizontal Property

Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the cell content.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment Horizontal { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment

A SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment enumeration member specifying how cell data should be horizontally aligned.

Available values:

Name Description
General

The cell content is horizontally aligned according to the data type (text is aligned to the left; numbers, date and time values are aligned to the right; boolean and error values are centered).

Left

The cell content is horizontally aligned on the left.

Center

The cell content is centered horizontally.

Right

The cell content is horizontally aligned on the right.

Fill

Repeats the cell content across the whole width of the cell.

Justify

The text is wrapped to fit the cell width and each line of text (except the last line) is horizontally justified to the right and left of the cell.

CenterContinuous

The cell content is centered horizontally across multiple cells.

Distributed

The text is wrapped to fit the cell width and each line of text is horizontally distributed across the entire cell. This alignment type allows you to apply an indent to both the left and right sides of the cell.

Remarks

Use the Horizontal and Alignment.Vertical properties to specify horizontal and vertical alignment of cell data.

To set other alignment characteristics for a cell or range of cells (e.g., indent, text rotation, values indicating whether the text should be wrapped and shrunk in a cell), use the corresponding properties of the Alignment object. Access this object via the Formatting.Alignment property.

For examples on how to specify formatting for an individual cell and cell range, or modify a style, refer to the How to: Format a Cell or Range of Cells or How to: Create or Modify a Style document, respectively.

Example

This example demonstrates how to specify the alignment of cell content so the cells appear as on the image below:

Spreadsheet_AlignmentSettings

View Example

Cell cellA1 = worksheet.Cells["A1"];
cellA1.Value = "Right and top";
cellA1.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Right;
cellA1.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Top;

Cell cellA2 = worksheet.Cells["A2"];
cellA2.Value = "Center";
cellA2.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;
cellA2.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;

Cell cellA3 = worksheet.Cells["A3"];
cellA3.Value = "Left and bottom, indent";
cellA3.Alignment.Indent = 1;

Cell cellB1 = worksheet.Cells["B1"];
cellB1.Value = "The Alignment.ShrinkToFit property is applied";
cellB1.Alignment.ShrinkToFit = true;

Cell cellB2 = worksheet.Cells["B2"];
cellB2.Value = "Rotated Cell Contents";
cellB2.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;
cellB2.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
cellB2.Alignment.RotationAngle = 15;

Cell cellB3 = worksheet.Cells["B3"];
cellB3.Value = "The Alignment.WrapText property is applied to wrap the text within a cell";
cellB3.Alignment.WrapText = true;

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