Aligning a UIButton's text?

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I am generating some buttons. In the button I am showing date and a reference id given by the user. I want these data to be left aligned in the button. What I have tried: ``` [button.titleLabel setTextAlignment:UITextAlignmentLeft]; button.titleLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft; ``` But this doesn't work. ``` - (void)viewDidLoad { [super viewDidLoad]; [scrollView setScrollEnabled:YES]; [scrollView setContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 500)]; int i = 0; for (CalculatorData *data in calcDatas) { UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect]; button.frame = CGRectMake(1 , 20 + i*40, 295, 30); NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS"]; NSString *dateString = [dateFormat stringFromDate:data.updateDate]; NSString *title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ : %@",dateString,[data dataKey]]; [button setTitle:title forState:UIControlStateNormal]; [button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonPressed:) fo…

Accepted Answer

You can use the contentHorizontalAlignment:

"The horizontal alignment of content (text or image) within the receiver."

and the contentVerticalAlignment properties for this:

"The vertical alignment of content (text or image) within the receiver."

Example usage:

```
button.contentHorizontalAlignment = UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentLeft;
button.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentTop;
```

Aligning a UIButton's text?

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