How can I make text in a UILabel non-centered?

Question

I have a UILabel:

    descriptionLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200, 30, 130, 150)];
    [descriptionLabel setFont:[Utils getSystemFontWithSize:14]];
    [descriptionLabel setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
    [descriptionLabel setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
    descriptionLabel.numberOfLines = 0;
    descriptionLabel.lineBreakMode = UILineBreakModeWordWrap;
    [self addSubview:descriptionLabel];

If the text is only 1 line long it will appear in the middle of the label.

Is there anyway I can have the text display from the top left corner of the label instead of the middle center?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '10 at 17:36

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You can set

[descriptionLabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentLeft];

or if you prefer dot syntax

descriptionLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;

answered Apr 21 '10 at 17:36

prendio2

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Unfortunately, the text still appears in the middle after making these changes. – Sheehan Alam Apr 21 '10 at 17:51
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Do you mean vertically in the middle? It is left-aligned though yeah? You could set the height of your label after calculating with NSString's sizeWithFont method — more details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/455553/what-is-nsstring-sizewithfontforwidthlinebreakmode-good-for – prendio2 Apr 21 '10 at 17:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '10 at 17:49

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for left/right alignment set the textAlignment property of UILabel to either UITextAlignmentLeft or UITextAlignmentRight.

for more fine tuning you can override drawTextInRect:

answered Apr 21 '10 at 17:49

Meltemi

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How can I make text in a UILabel non-centered?

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