Hi. This seems odd. I've got a column in a Table that is going to be displaying currency amounts and I'd like it to be aligned to the trailing edge. Is there any way to do this in SwiftUI? I thought maybe there might be something when setting up TableColumn() but it seems to lack an alignment parameter. I thought maybe using something like .multilineTextAlignment(.trailing) might work below the Text() I'm putting into the cell, but it seems to be ignored.

Just figured out that I could wrap my contents in an HStack and then use a Spacer() before my Text() to push my column content to the right side. In the absense of some other preferred way, this is at least working fine.

The .multilineTextAlignment(.trailing) will align the text if it goes over a few lines to the trailing edge so if your Text is on one line you will not see anything with this modifier.

I've used the usual frame settings:

TableColumn("Name") { file in
  Text(file.fileSize)
    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .trailing)
}

I'm working on a project in SwiftUI, and I'm facing a bit of a challenge with aligning currency amounts in a TableColumn. I want the amounts to be aligned to the trailing edge, giving the table a neat appearance. It seems like there's no direct way to set the alignment within the TableColumn initializer – there's no alignment parameter available. I tried using .multilineTextAlignment(.trailing) below the Text() view that holds the currency data in each cell, hoping it would work, but unfortunately, it's not having the desired effect.

@Mathias seeks guidance, but provides written clues only:

I tried using .multilineTextAlignment(.trailing) below the Text()

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Replace the Text() view with:

HStack {
   Spacer()
   Text()
}

I suggest you read the Apple reference for TableColumn. It says the content: parameter should be a type that conforms to the View protocol. This means it can be a View composed of "child" views such as my example. This is a very common pattern in SwiftUI.

Seems like we have a new solution to this, using TableColumnAlignment. However - currently in beta and only available on iOS 17.0+, macOS 14.0+, etc.