---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.ControlBase.HorizontalAlignment"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.ControlBase"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/ControlBase/HorizontalAlignment/"
---

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# ControlBase.HorizontalAlignment

Member of [ControlBase](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/ControlBase/index.md).

## HorizontalAlignment

Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the chart control instance.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.
- Cloud: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.

C#:

```csharp
public HorizontalAlignment HorizontalAlignment {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
controlBase.HorizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignment
```

### Returns

`HorizontalAlignment` — 

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var button = new Button { Text = "Buy", HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center, VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top };
Chart.AddControl(button);
Print("Horizontal alignment: {0}", button.HorizontalAlignment);
```

Python:

```python
button = Button()
button.Text = "Buy"
button.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
button.VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top
api.Chart.AddControl(button)
api.Print(f"Horizontal alignment: {button.HorizontalAlignment}")
```