---
title: alignment
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/nsparagraphstyle/alignment
---

# alignment

The text alignment of the paragraph.

## Declaration

```swift
var alignment: NSTextAlignment { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The framework displays natural text alignment as left or right alignment depending on the line sweep direction of the first script contained in the paragraph.

## See Also

### Accessing style information

- [NSTextAlignment](uikit/nstextalignment.md)
- [firstLineHeadIndent](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/firstlineheadindent.md)
- [headIndent](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/headindent.md)
- [tailIndent](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/tailindent.md)
- [lineHeightMultiple](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/lineheightmultiple.md)
- [maximumLineHeight](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/maximumlineheight.md)
- [minimumLineHeight](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/minimumlineheight.md)
- [lineSpacing](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/linespacing.md)
- [paragraphSpacing](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/paragraphspacing.md)
- [paragraphSpacingBefore](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/paragraphspacingbefore.md)