How to set column text alignment?

[Don]

It seems to me that this line of code should change the way text is aligned in a grid:

me.grid.ColStyles(1).TextAlign = GridTextAlign.Right

but this doesn't appear to do anything. What does it do, and how can I change a column's text alignment if this doesn't work?

[Administrator]

Don't confuse this with HorizontalAlignment.

TextAlign specifies if text should be displayed left or right of any cell button elements.

See HorizontalAlignment how to align text left, centered and right inside a cell rectangle.

Stefan

[Jeff]

Honestly,
Um.. HorizontalAlignment only seems to be aligning text in headers?

>Don''t confuse this with HorizontalAlignment.
>
>TextAlign specifies if text should be displayed left or right of any cell button elements.
>
>See HorizontalAlignment how to align text left, centered and right inside a cell rectangle.
>
>Stefan
>
>

[Administrator]

Are you using a GridControl or a GridDataBoundGrid?

[Administrator]

style.HorizontalAlignment is the property to use. We do not know of a problem like this. Take a look at the grid\sample\getting started\cellstyles sample. It shows this property in use.

For a GridDataBoundGrid, you do have to set it on the whole column using either grid.GridBoundColumns["Col1"].StyleInfo or grid.Binder.InternalColumns[''Col1"].StyleInfo. But it should work. To set it cell by cell in a GridDataBoundGrid, you would use the PrepareViewStyleInfo event.

Make sure you are not trying to set it on a style that has been set to ReadOnly without useing teh grid.IgnoreReadOnly property.

If you can post a little sample project where it does not work, we can try to track down the problem.