left alignment for UILabel for iOS application?
I have added one label in my nib file, then its required to have top-left alignment for that lable. As I am providing text at runtime so its not sure that how much lines there are. So if text contains only single line then it appears as vertical-center aligned. That alignment is not matching with my respective lable in front of it.
For example:
Which is looking odd :(
Is there any way where i can set label text proper to Top-Left alignment?
Rather than re-explaining, I will link to this rather extensive & highly rated question/answer:
Vertically align text to top within a UILabel
The short answer is no, Apple didn't make this easy, but it is possible by changing the frame size.
It's fairly easy to do. Create a UILabel sublcass with a verticalAlignment property and override textRectForBounds:limitedToNumberOfLines to return the correct bounds for a top, middle or bottom vertical alignment. Here's the code:
SOLabel.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
typedef enum
{
VerticalAlignmentTop = 0, // default
VerticalAlignmentMiddle,
VerticalAlignmentBottom,
} VerticalAlignment;
@interface SOLabel : UILabel
@property (nonatomic, readwrite) VerticalAlignment verticalAlignment;
@end
SOLabel.m
@implementation SOLabel
-(id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (!self) return nil;
// set inital value via IVAR so the setter isn't called
_verticalAlignment = VerticalAlignmentTop;
return self;
}
-(VerticalAlignment) verticalAlignment
{
return _verticalAlignment;
}
-(void) setVerticalAlignment:(VerticalAlignment)value
{
_verticalAlignment = value;
[self setNeedsDisplay];
}
// align text block according to vertical alignment settings
-(CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds
limitedToNumberOfLines:(NSInteger)numberOfLines
{
CGRect rect = [super textRectForBounds:bounds
limitedToNumberOfLines:numberOfLines];
CGRect result;
switch (_verticalAlignment)
{
case VerticalAlignmentTop:
result = CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x, bounds.origin.y,
rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
break;
case VerticalAlignmentMiddle:
result = CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x,
bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height) / 2,
rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
break;
case VerticalAlignmentBottom:
result = CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x,
bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height),
rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
break;
default:
result = bounds;
break;
}
return result;
}
-(void)drawTextInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGRect r = [self textRectForBounds:rect
limitedToNumberOfLines:self.numberOfLines];
[super drawTextInRect:r];
}
@end
The SOLabel works for me.
Swift 1:
class UIVerticalAlignLabel: UILabel {
enum VerticalAlignment : Int {
case VerticalAlignmentTop = 0
case VerticalAlignmentMiddle = 1
case VerticalAlignmentBottom = 2
}
var verticalAlignment : VerticalAlignment = .VerticalAlignmentTop {
didSet {
setNeedsDisplay()
}
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder){
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
}
override func textRectForBounds(bounds: CGRect, limitedToNumberOfLines: Int) -> CGRect {
let rect = super.textRectForBounds(bounds, limitedToNumberOfLines: limitedToNumberOfLines)
switch(verticalAlignment) {
case .VerticalAlignmentTop:
return CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x, bounds.origin.y, rect.size.width, rect.size.height)
case .VerticalAlignmentMiddle:
return CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x, bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height) / 2, rect.size.width, rect.size.height)
case .VerticalAlignmentBottom:
return CGRectMake(bounds.origin.x, bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height), rect.size.width, rect.size.height)
default:
return bounds
}
}
override func drawTextInRect(rect: CGRect) {
let r = self.textRectForBounds(rect, limitedToNumberOfLines: self.numberOfLines)
super.drawTextInRect(r)
}
}
Swift 3:
This version has been updated from the original to allow support for RTL languages:
public class VerticalAlignLabel: UILabel {
enum VerticalAlignment {
case top
case middle
case bottom
}
var verticalAlignment : VerticalAlignment = .top {
didSet {
setNeedsDisplay()
}
}
override public func textRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect, limitedToNumberOfLines: Int) -> CGRect {
let rect = super.textRect(forBounds: bounds, limitedToNumberOfLines: limitedToNumberOfLines)
if UIView.userInterfaceLayoutDirection(for: .unspecified) == .rightToLeft {
switch verticalAlignment {
case .top:
return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - rect.size.width, y: bounds.origin.y, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
case .middle:
return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - rect.size.width, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height) / 2, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
case .bottom:
return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - rect.size.width, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height), width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
}
} else {
switch verticalAlignment {
case .top:
return CGRect(x: bounds.origin.x, y: bounds.origin.y, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
case .middle:
return CGRect(x: bounds.origin.x, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height) / 2, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
case .bottom:
return CGRect(x: bounds.origin.x, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height), width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
}
}
}
override public func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
let r = self.textRect(forBounds: rect, limitedToNumberOfLines: self.numberOfLines)
super.drawText(in: r)
}
}