This enumeration is used in several places throughout the framework to specify the positioning of a text string within its clip box. For example, the StringFormat class uses it for both horizontal text alignment and vertical line alignment.

The Center/ Near/ Far notation (rather than left/right or top/bottom, for example) enables you to specify both horizontal and vertical alignments and to support locales where right-to-left reading is appropriate. For example, a string drawn with a horizontal alignment, Far, will be drawn at the right of the rectangle in a left-to-right locale, but would be rendered at the left side of a rectangle with a right-to-left locale.

public enum StringAlignment {
   Near = 0,
   Center = 1,
   Far = 2
}

Hierarchy

System.Object System.ValueType System.Enum(System.IComparabl, System.IFormattable, System.IConvertible) StringAlignment

Returned By

StringFormat.{Alignment, LineAlignment}

Passed To

StringFormat.{Alignment, LineAlignment}