---
title: UIStackView.Alignment.leading
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/leading
---

# UIStackView.Alignment.leading

A layout for vertical stacks where the stack view aligns the leading edge of its arranged views along its leading edge.

## Declaration

```swift
case leading
```

## Discussion

Discussion This value is equivalent to the top alignment for horizontal stacks. The following image shows an example of a vertical stack view that uses the UIStackView.Alignment.leading alignment.

## See Also

### Constants

- [UIStackView.Alignment.fill](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/fill.md)
- [UIStackView.Alignment.center](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/center.md)
- [UIStackView.Alignment.trailing](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/trailing.md)
- [top](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/top.md)
- [bottom](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/bottom.md)
- [UIStackView.Alignment.firstBaseline](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/firstbaseline.md)
- [UIStackView.Alignment.lastBaseline](uikit/uistackview/alignment-swift.enum/lastbaseline.md)