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How to center text in a specific column in WPF ListView?


I tried this and also HorizontalAlignment, instead of TextAlignment but they still show up aligned to left.

<Window x:Class="EditorWindow.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        DataContext="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="800" Width="600">
    <Grid>
        <ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Effects}">
            <ListView.View>
                <GridView>
                    <GridViewColumn Width="100" Header="Name" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Name}"  />
                    <GridViewColumn Width="100" Header="Type" >
                        <GridViewColumn.CellTemplate >
                            <DataTemplate>
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Type}" TextAlignment="Center"/>
                            </DataTemplate>
                        </GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
                    </GridViewColumn>
                    <GridViewColumn Width="100" Header="Opacity" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Opacity}" />
                </GridView>
            </ListView.View>
        </ListView>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Solution

  • Try to set HorizontalContentAlignment to Stretch for the ItemContainerStyle. Then it should work with either TextAlignment="Center" or HorizontalAlignment="Center" for the TextBlock

    <ListView ItemsSource="{Binding Effects}">
        <ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
            <Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
                <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Stretch"/>
            </Style>
        </ListView.ItemContainerStyle>
        <!--...-->
    </ListView>