Enum PlaceholderAlignment
How a Placeholder sits on its line.
public enum PlaceholderAlignment
Fields
AboveBaseline = 1The box's bottom sits on the baseline.
Baseline = 0The point BaselineOffset below the box's top sits on the baseline.
BelowBaseline = 2The box's top sits on the baseline.
Bottom = 4The box's bottom is the line box's bottom.
Middle = 5The box's middle sits half the paragraph font's x-height above the baseline (CSS
vertical-align: middle).Top = 3The box's top is the line box's top.
Examples
// Font families come from a collection; later families cover what the first lacks.
FontCollection fonts = new();
fonts.AddFile(System.IO.Path.Combine(folder, "NotoSans-Regular.ttf"));
fonts.AddFile(System.IO.Path.Combine(folder, "NotoSansArabic-Regular.ttf"));
fonts.TryGetFamily("Noto Sans", out FontFamily latin);
fonts.TryGetFamily("Noto Sans Arabic", out FontFamily arabic);
// Styles nest: the inner span keeps the outer one's size and adds a color and an underline.
RichText text = new RichTextBuilder()
.Append("Peace is ")
.Push(new TextStyle { Size = 20 })
.Append("\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 ")
.Push(new TextStyle { Color = new Rgba8(200, 30, 30, 255), Decoration = new TextDecoration() })
.Append("in Arabic")
.Pop()
.Pop()
.AddPlaceholder(new Placeholder(16, 16, PlaceholderAlignment.Middle))
.ToRichText();
ParagraphStyle style = new()
{
DefaultStyle = new TextStyle { FontFamilies = [latin, arabic], Size = 16, LineHeight = LineHeight.Multiple(1.4f) },
Align = TextAlign.Justify,
LineBreaking = new LineBreakOptions(WordBreak: WordBreak.Normal),
};
// Shaped once: lay it out at any width later.
Paragraph paragraph = Paragraph.Create(text, style);