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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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27.1 Container Alignment

The most basic of alignment options when working with SwiftUI stacks is container alignment. These settings define how the child views contained within a stack are aligned in relation to each other and the containing stack. This alignment value applies to all the contained child views unless different alignment guides have been applied on individual views. Views that do not have their own alignment guide are said to be implicitly aligned.

When working with alignments it is important to remember that horizontal stacks (HStack) align child views vertically, while vertical stacks (VStack) align their children horizontally. In the case of the ZStack, both horizontal and vertical alignment values are used.

The following VStack declaration consists of a simple VStack configuration containing three child views:

VStack {

    Text("This is some text")

    Text("This is some longer text")

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Published in: May 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801813228

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Neil Smyth has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including roles in software development and enterprise-level UNIX and Linux system administration. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in information technology, he also holds A+, Security+, Network+, Project+, and Microsoft Certified Professional certifications and is a CIW Database Design Specialist. Neil is the co-founder and CEO of Payload Media, Inc. (a technical content publishing company), and the author of the Essentials range of programming and system administration books.
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