NSAttributedString add text alignment

aryaxt picture aryaxt · Jul 23, 2011 · Viewed 106k times · Source

How can I add text alignment attribute to an NSAttributedString to center the text?

Edit: Am I doing anything wrong? It doesn't seem to change the alignment.

CTParagraphStyleSetting setting;
setting.spec = kCTParagraphStyleSpecifierAlignment;
setting.valueSize = kCTCenterTextAlignment;

CTParagraphStyleSetting settings[1] = {
    {kCTParagraphStyleSpecifierAlignment, sizeof(CGFloat), &setting},           
};

CTParagraphStyleRef paragraph = CTParagraphStyleCreate(settings, sizeof(setting));

NSMutableAttributedString *mutableAttributed = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:self.attributedString];
[mutableAttributed addAttributes:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:(NSObject*)paragraph ,(NSString*) kCTParagraphStyleAttributeName, nil] range:_selectedRange];

Answer

ejkujan picture ejkujan · Mar 13, 2013
 NSMutableParagraphStyle *paragraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle.new;
 paragraphStyle.alignment                = NSTextAlignmentCenter;

 NSAttributedString *attributedString   = 
[NSAttributedString.alloc initWithString:@"someText" 
                              attributes:
         @{NSParagraphStyleAttributeName:paragraphStyle}];

Swift 4.2

let paragraphStyle: NSMutableParagraphStyle = NSMutableParagraphStyle()
    paragraphStyle.alignment = NSTextAlignment.center

    let attributedString = NSAttributedString(string: "someText", attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.paragraphStyle : paragraphStyle])