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# leading

A guide that marks the leading edge of the view.

```
static let leading: HorizontalAlignment
```

## Discussion

Use this guide to align the leading edges of views.
For a device that uses a left-to-right language, the leading edge
is on the left:

![A box that contains the word, Leading. Vertical](images/com.apple.SwiftUI/HorizontalAlignment-leading-1-iOS@2x.png)

The following code generates the image above using a [`VStack`](/documentation/SwiftUI/VStack):

```
struct HorizontalAlignmentLeading: View {
    var body: some View {
        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
            Color.red.frame(width: 1)
            Text("Leading").font(.title).border(.gray)
            Color.red.frame(width: 1)
        }
    }
}
```

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