SwiftUI: Layout & Interfaces

Nov 18 2021 · Swift 5.5, iOS 15, Xcode 13

Part 2: Aligning Views

12. Alignment Guides

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Notes: 12. Alignment Guides

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With your knowledge of how to nest Stacks, and alignment, you have the capability to solve a lot of layout challenges where not every view is aligned in exactly the same way as its neighbors.

        .alignmentGuide(/*@START_MENU_TOKEN@*/ /*@PLACEHOLDER=Guide@*/.top/*@END_MENU_TOKEN@*/) { dimension in
          /*@START_MENU_TOKEN@*/ /*@PLACEHOLDER=Value@*/dimension[.top]/*@END_MENU_TOKEN@*/
      }
.alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center)
dimensions
.alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { $0 }
.alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { $0.height }
{ $0[.bottom] }
$0[.top]
        .frame(width: 60)
        .alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { $0[.top] }

      Text("Alignment == 😻!")
$0[.bottom]
        .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
        .alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { $0[.top] }
.alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { $0[.bottom] * 3.5 }
.alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { $0[.top] - 200 }
.alignmentGuide(VerticalAlignment.center) { _ in 300 }
VStack {
.alignmentGuide(HorizontalAlignment.center) { $0[.bottom] * 3.5 }
.alignmentGuide(HorizontalAlignment.center) { $0[.leading] }
VStack(alignment: .leading) {
.alignmentGuide(.leading) { $0[.top] - 200 }
.alignmentGuide(.leading) { $0[.trailing] }
.alignmentGuide(.leading) { $0[HorizontalAlignment.center] }
        .frame(width: 60)

      Text("Alignment == 😻!")
        .multilineTextAlignment(.center)

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