Change the color and alignment of a UIButton's text

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I am creating a UIButton in a UITableView:

UIButton *aboutButton=[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[aboutButton setTitle:@"ABOUT" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[aboutButton addTarget:self action:@selector(aboutButtonClicked) forControlEvents: UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
aboutButton.frame=CGRectMake(20, 375, 200, 35);
[tableView addSubView aboutButton];

The button is working fine......... but the button text is in blue color and center-aligned. I want to change the text color and alignment - how do I do this?

https://www.google.co.in/search?q=uibutton+text+color&sugexp=chrome,mod=18&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&gs_nf=1&tok=X16lTA4rR-i6Vx88X1hsGA&pq=uibutton%20text%20color&cp=15&gs_id=1p&xhr=t&q=uibutton+text+alignment&pf=p&safe=active&sclient=psy-ab&oq=uibutton+text+a&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=6fc3f1821ef6f8e6&biw=1127&bih=986 — Aravindhan, Sep 07 '12 at 05:02
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=uibutton+text+color&sugexp=chrome,mod=18&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&safe=active&sclient=psy-ab&q=uibutton+title+color&oq=uibutton+title+color&gs_l=serp.3..0j0i30l3.54528.57959.3.58134.13.9.1.3.3.3.1674.7772.4-1j2j2j1j2.8.0...0.0...1c.1.8KcagvrnVw0&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=6fc3f1821ef6f8e6&biw=1127&bih=986 — Aravindhan, Sep 07 '12 at 05:03
This really should could been solved with a click glance at the `UIButton` and `UILabel` class references, there was no need to post this on SO. You can view the docs in Xcode or on the web, they are quite straightforward and detailed. — Carl Veazey, Sep 07 '12 at 05:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 07 '12 at 05:22

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Set button title color & Alignment ...

[aboutButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blackColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];

[aboutButton.titleLabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter];

or

aboutButton.titleLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;

or

[aboutButton setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentRight];

edited Sep 07 '12 at 05:22

Carl Veazey

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answered Sep 07 '12 at 05:08

Vikas S Singh

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[aboutButton.titleLabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentCenter]; is not working.... – Venk Sep 07 '12 at 05:17
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Use this code [aboutButton setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentRight]; – Vikas S Singh Sep 07 '12 at 05:18
aboutButton.titleLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter; is working – Vikas S Singh Sep 07 '12 at 05:21
by default it is centre aligned... but if i use aboutButton.titleLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft, it is still centre.. – Venk Sep 07 '12 at 05:24
[aboutButton setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentRight]; – Vikas S Singh Sep 07 '12 at 05:30
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/16402/discussion-between-vikas-rajput-and-venkat) – Vikas S Singh Sep 07 '12 at 05:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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[aboutButton setTitleColor:[UIColor redColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal]
[aboutButton setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentLeft];

it has been asked several times in SO

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Sep 07 '12 at 05:11

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '12 at 05:04

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You use -[myButton setTitleColor:forState:] for setting the color of the title. The alignment can be changed with [myButton setContentHorizontalAlignment:UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentRight]

answered Sep 07 '12 at 05:04

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You can set the button frame. – Legolas Sep 07 '12 at 05:30

Change the color and alignment of a UIButton's text

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