Enum HorizontalAlignment

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• HorizontalAlignment is used to set the horizontal alignment of paragraph content within Google Docs.

• It provides options for left, center, right, and justify alignment through its properties (LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT, JUSTIFY).

• You can access these alignment options using the syntax DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.ALIGNMENT_TYPE, where ALIGNMENT_TYPE is one of the properties mentioned above.

HorizontalAlignment

An enumeration of the supported horizontal alignment types.

To call an enum, you call its parent class, name, and property. For example, DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.LEFT.

Use the HorizontalAlignment enumeration to manipulate the alignment of Paragraph contents.

const body =
    DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Insert a paragraph and a table at the start of the tab.
const par1 = body.insertParagraph(0, 'Center');
const table = body.insertTable(1, [['Left', 'Right']]);
const par2 = table.getCell(0, 0).getChild(0).asParagraph();
const par3 = table.getCell(0, 0).getChild(0).asParagraph();

// Center align the first paragraph.
par1.setAlignment(DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.CENTER);

// Left align the first cell.
par2.setAlignment(DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.LEFT);

// Right align the second cell.
par3.setAlignment(DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT);

Properties

Property	Type	Description
LEFT	Enum	The left-alignment option.
CENTER	Enum	The center-alignment option.
RIGHT	Enum	The right-alignment option.
JUSTIFY	Enum	The justify-alignment option.