Tag Archives: justify text

Draw text wrapped to fit columns in C#

Posted on October 5, 2018 by RodStephens

The post Draw aligned columns of data in C# shows one way to draw text in rows and columns. It uses the Graphics class’s MeasureString method to size the columns so they are big enough to display their data without … Continue reading →

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Make an owner-drawn ListBox that justifies columns in C#

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how you can use an owner-drawn ListBox to left and right align values in columns. The following examples show different ways to align values in columns. Draw aligned columns of data in C# Format values in a … Continue reading →

Posted in controls, fonts, graphics, lists, user interface | Tagged align text, C#, C# programming, column, controls, example, example program, fonts, graphics, grid, justify text, left justified, ListBox, lists, owner-drawn ListBox, right justified, row, user interface, Windows Forms programming | Leave a comment

Draw aligned columns of data in C#

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example draws a series of rows with aligned columns either left or right justified. The program uses the following code to define the data it will draw and the row and column alignments. // The values. private string[][] Values … Continue reading →

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Fully justify paragraphs of text in C#

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Rod Stephens

The StringFormat class makes it fairly easy to left justify, right justify, or center a line of text, but strangely it doesn’t provide a method to fully justify a line of text (so it extends all the way to both … Continue reading →