# ListBox Header Align **URL:** \ **Category:** Targets\ **Created:** [January 20, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087 "2022-01-20T12:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sebastien\_REMY](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sebastien_remy/32/1946_2.png) [@Sebastien\_REMY](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sebastien_REMY)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/1 "2022-01-20T12:39:21Z")
Is there a way to align a column to Left AND align the header of this column to Right This code align all the 4th column but I need a different alignement for the header of the 4th column `me.ColumnAlignmentAt(3) = Listbox.Alignments.Right` ---
**Author:** ![Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sascha_s/32/22328_2.png) [@Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sascha_S)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/2 "2022-01-20T14:24:37Z")
No, there isn’t. And AFAIK, not even [piDog’s DataViewer](https://www.pidog.com/piDogScrollingCanvas/piDogScrollingCanvasDocs/piDogDataView_Folder/piDogDataView/DataView/index.html) or [GraffitiListbox](https://graffitisuite.com/wiki/doku.php?id=desktop:listbox) offering it. ---
**Author:** ![Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/90ced4/32.png) [@Emile\_Schwarz](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Emile_Schwarz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/3 "2022-01-20T14:39:06Z")
Remove Xojo Header and set your own… Or… draw the text in the Header Text Paint Event… ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/anthony_g_cyphers/32/16862_2.png) [@Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Anthony_G_Cyphers)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/4 "2022-01-20T15:04:45Z")
This has actually already been added for the next release by request of another user. If a user with an active Desktop Edition subscription wants the update, they just need to open a [ticket](https://support.graffitisuite.com/) and request it and I’ll take care of it when I get in late tonight. ---
**Author:** ![jim\_mckay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/jim_mckay/32/905_2.png) [@jim\_mckay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/jim_mckay)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/5 "2022-01-20T15:53:50Z")
Dataview also has this functionality. You can set it in the ListColumn object… ```auto dim lc as piDogDataView.ListColumn = me.Column(0) lc.HeadingAlignment = piDogDataView.DataView.AlignmentRight me.Column(0) = lc ``` There’s quite a few [other options in ListColumn](https://www.pidog.com/piDogScrollingCanvas/piDogScrollingCanvasDocs/piDogDataView_Folder/piDogDataView/ListColumn/index.html) as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sebastien\_REMY](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sebastien_remy/32/1946_2.png) [@Sebastien\_REMY](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sebastien_REMY)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/7 "2022-01-20T17:05:45Z")
Documentation on PaintHeaderContent is very short, anyone can post a code snippet ? [https://documentation.xojo.com/api/user\_interface/desktop/desktoplistbox.html.PaintHeaderContent](https://documentation.xojo.com/api/user_interface/desktop/desktoplistbox.html.PaintHeaderContent) ---
**Author:** ![Ramon\_SASTRE](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/ramon_sastre/32/326_2.png) [@Ramon\_SASTRE](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Ramon_SASTRE)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/8 "2022-01-20T17:55:50Z")
Is this what you want? ![imatge](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f5c104f0755beb47788cf2bd92034533c5a9268a.png) That is the code I used: Function PaintHeaderBackground(g As Graphics, column As Integer) As Boolean g.DrawingColor = Color.White g.FillRectangle 0, 0, g.width, g.height return true End Function Function PaintHeaderContent(g As Graphics, column As Integer) As Boolean Var t As String = "hello world " Var x As Double = g.TextWidth(t) g.DrawingColor = color.black g.DrawText t, g.width-x, g.FontAscent Return True End Function ---
**Author:** ![Pawel\_Soltysinski](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/pawel_soltysinski/32/23522_2.png) [@Pawel\_Soltysinski](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Pawel_Soltysinski)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/9 "2022-01-24T07:32:58Z")
what is the problem? the only problem is to take care about cell alignment when adding value/row: ```auto Listbox1.HeaderAt(0)="column name" Listbox1.ColumnAlignmentAt(0)=DesktopListBox.Alignments.Right Listbox1.AddRow "test value" Listbox1.CellAlignmentAt(0,0)=DesktopListBox.Alignments.Center ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sebastien\_REMY](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sebastien_remy/32/1946_2.png) [@Sebastien\_REMY](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sebastien_REMY)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/10 "2022-01-24T08:29:02Z")
> [@Pawel\_Soltysinski](#): > > ```auto > Listbox1.HeaderAt(0)="column name" > Listbox1.ColumnAlignmentAt(0)=DesktopListBox.Alignments.Right > > Listbox1.AddRow "test value" > Listbox1.CellAlignmentAt(0,0)=DesktopListBox.Alignments.Center > > ``` Thank you, it’s work fine 👋 . The real question is why you can not change the header alignement after adding rows ? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Pawel\_Soltysinski](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/pawel_soltysinski/32/23522_2.png) [@Pawel\_Soltysinski](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Pawel_Soltysinski)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/listbox-header-align/68087/11 "2022-01-24T09:39:39Z")
…because there is no property to change the alignment of header only. If you set column alignment after adding rows - it will reset alignment for whole column.