How do I center multiline text in a label

Question

Has anyone figured out how to center (or justify or in any way horizontally effect) text in a Xamarin Forms Label with LineBreakMode=WordWrap? Without using a WebView (or similar)?

All HorizontalOptions entries are cheerfully ignored in this code snippet:

<StackLayout>
    <Label
        Margin="75,0,75,0"
        FontAttributes="Italic"
        FontSize="Large"
        HorizontalOptions="Center"
        LineBreakMode="WordWrap"
        Text="Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone Is listening."
        VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
</StackLayout>

It looks like this.

Reference this [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30062368/xamarin-forms-label-justify) — Brian, Feb 11 '20 at 19:18

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '20 at 20:52

5

You should use HorizontalTextAlignment="Center" in this case.

<StackLayout>
    <Label
        Margin="75,0,75,0"
        FontAttributes="Italic"
        FontSize="Large"
        HorizontalOptions="Center"
        HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"
        LineBreakMode="WordWrap"
        Text="Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone Is listening."
        VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
</StackLayout>

answered Feb 11 '20 at 20:52

Adlorem

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Neat. I guess that makes sense, as `HorizontalOptions` only pertains to the location of the `Label` within the parent, right? Thanks! – Omortis Feb 11 '20 at 21:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 12 '20 at 04:38

add this line in your code

HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"

<StackLayout>
    <Label
        Margin="75,0,75,0"
        FontAttributes="Italic"
        FontSize="Large"
        HorizontalOptions="Center"
        HorizontalTextAlignment="Center"
        LineBreakMode="WordWrap"
        Text="Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone Is listening."
        VerticalOptions="CenterAndExpand" />
</StackLayout>

How do I center multiline text in a label

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