How to align text drawn by SpriteBatch.DrawString?

c# text xna alignment drawstring
user1306322 picture user1306322 · Apr 22, 2012 · Viewed 15.5k times · Source

Is there an easy way to align text to the right and center (instead of default left)?

Answer

Blau picture Blau · Apr 22, 2012

I use this code:

 [Flags]
 public enum Alignment { Center=0, Left=1, Right=2, Top=4, Bottom = 8 }

 public void DrawString(SpriteFont font, string text, Rectangle bounds, Alignment align, Color color )
    {
        Vector2 size = font.MeasureString( text );
        Vector2 pos = bounds.GetCenter( );
        Vector2 origin = size*0.5f;

        if ( align.HasFlag( Alignment.Left ) )
            origin.X += bounds.Width/2 - size.X/2;

        if ( align.HasFlag( Alignment.Right ) )
            origin.X -= bounds.Width/2 - size.X/2;

        if ( align.HasFlag( Alignment.Top ) )
            origin.Y += bounds.Height/2 - size.Y/2;

        if ( align.HasFlag( Alignment.Bottom ) )
            origin.Y -= bounds.Height/2 - size.Y/2;

        DrawString( font, text, pos, color, 0, origin, 1, SpriteEffects.None, 0 );
    }

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