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# UITextAlignment

Options for aligning text horizontally.

```
enum UITextAlignment : NSInteger;
```

## Topics

### Deprecated constants

[`UITextAlignmentLeft`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextAlignment/UITextAlignmentLeft)

Align text along the left edge.

[`UITextAlignmentCenter`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextAlignment/UITextAlignmentCenter)

Align text equally along both sides of the center line.

[`UITextAlignmentRight`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextAlignment/UITextAlignmentRight)

Align text along the right edge.


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