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BaseLayoutItem.CaptionHorizontalAlignment Property

Gets or sets the item Caption‘s horizontal alignment. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Docking.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Docking

#Declaration

public HorizontalAlignment CaptionHorizontalAlignment { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
HorizontalAlignment HorizontalAlignment.Left

The Caption‘s horizontal alignment.

#Remarks

Use the BaseLayoutItem.CaptionWidth property to set the width of the item’s Caption.

The following code sample sets the LayoutControlItem‘s CaptionLocation and CaptionHorizontalAlignment properties to Top and Right.

<dx:ThemedWindow
  ...
  xmlns:dxdo="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/docking"
  xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core">
  <dxdo:DockLayoutManager>
    <dxdo:LayoutGroup Caption="LayoutRoot">
      <dxdo:LayoutControlItem Caption="Document" CaptionLocation="Top" CaptionHorizontalAlignment="Right">
        <RichTextBox>
          <!-- ... -->
        </RichTextBox>
      </dxdo:LayoutControlItem>
    </dxdo:LayoutGroup>
  </dxdo:DockLayoutManager>

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