Formatting.Alignment Property

Provides access to cell alignment.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

Alignment Alignment { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property Alignment As Alignment

Property Value

Type	Description
Alignment	An Alignment object providing properties to specify cell alignment settings.

Remarks

For details on how to set different characteristics of cell alignment, see the How to: Align Cell Content example.

Example

This example demonstrates how to format cells in a worksheet.

• To format an individual cell, access the corresponding Cell object and modify its properties (for example Formatting.Font, Formatting.Fill, Formatting.Borders, Formatting.Alignment and Formatting.NumberFormat).
• To format a range of cells, access and modify the Formatting object via the CellRange.BeginUpdateFormatting - CellRange.EndUpdateFormatting paired methods.

View Example

FormattingActions.cs

// Access the cell to be formatted.
Cell cell = worksheet.Cells["B2"];

// Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
cell.Font.Name = "MV Boli";
cell.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
cell.Font.Size = 14;
cell.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold;

// Specify cell background color.
cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;

// Specify text alignment in the cell. 
cell.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
cell.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;
// Access the range of cells to be formatted.
CellRange range = worksheet.Range["C3:E6"];

// Begin updating of the range formatting. 
Formatting rangeFormatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting();

// Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
rangeFormatting.Font.Name = "MV Boli";
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue;
rangeFormatting.Font.Size = 14;
rangeFormatting.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold;

// Specify cell background color.
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue;

// Specify text alignment in cells.
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center;
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center;

// End updating of the range formatting.
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting);

FormattingActions.vb

' Access the cell to be formatted.
Dim cell As Cell = worksheet.Cells("B2")

' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
cell.Font.Name = "MV Boli"
cell.Font.Color = Color.Blue
cell.Font.Size = 14
cell.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold

' Specify cell background color.
cell.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue

' Specify text alignment in the cell. 
cell.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center
cell.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center
' Access the range of cells to be formatted.
Dim range As CellRange = worksheet.Range("C3:E6")

' Begin updating of the range formatting. 
Dim rangeFormatting As Formatting = range.BeginUpdateFormatting()

' Specify font settings (font name, color, size and style).
rangeFormatting.Font.Name = "MV Boli"
rangeFormatting.Font.Color = Color.Blue
rangeFormatting.Font.Size = 14
rangeFormatting.Font.FontStyle = SpreadsheetFontStyle.Bold

' Specify cell background color.
rangeFormatting.Fill.BackgroundColor = Color.LightSkyBlue

' Specify text alignment in cells.
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Vertical = SpreadsheetVerticalAlignment.Center
rangeFormatting.Alignment.Horizontal = SpreadsheetHorizontalAlignment.Center

' End updating of the range formatting.
range.EndUpdateFormatting(rangeFormatting)