How to align text to the left in a container (for example a rectangle)?

Question

Is it possible to  align text to the left in a container (for example a rectangle)? The following doesn't seem to work. "rect1" is always centered. Thanks! 

@startuml
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skinparam rectangle {
    TextAlignment<<Software System>> left
}
rectangle rect1 <<Software System>> {
  rectangle rect2
}
@enduml

Thanks

Comments

Related: https://forum.plantuml.net/11429/text-alignment-for-components-in-component-diagram

Answer 1

Hello R.,

FYI that is now partially fixed and implemented on v1.2024.8:

• Release v1.2024.8 · plantuml/plantuml (github.com)

- Thanks PlantUML team for your work.

Ref.:

• [Style] Improve `HorizontalAlignment` management · Issue #1640 · plantuml/plantuml (github.com)

Here is a workaround example:

@startuml
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skinparam rectangle {
    TextAlignment<<Software System>> left
}
rectangle "rect1\t" <<Software System>> {
  rectangle rect2
}
@enduml

Regards,
Th.