How to set the title of UIButton as left alignment?

Question

I need to display the email address from left side of a UIButton, but it is being positioned in the centre.

Is there any way to set the alignment to the

Answer 1

There is a small error in the code of @DyingCactus. Here is the correct solution to add an UILabel to an UIButton to align the button text to better control the button 'title':

NSString *myLabelText = @"Hello World";
UIButton *myButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];

// position in the parent view and set the size of the button
myButton.frame = CGRectMake(myX, myY, myWidth, myHeight); 

CGRect myButtonRect = myButton.bounds;
UILabel *myLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame: myButtonRect];   
myLabel.text = myLabelText;
myLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
myLabel.textColor = [UIColor redColor]; 
myLabel.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica Neue" size:14.0];   
myLabel.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;

[myButton addSubview:myLabel];
[myLabel release];

Hope this helps....

Al

Answer 2

For Swift 2.0:

emailBtn.contentHorizontalAlignment = UIControlContentHorizontalAlignment.Left  

This can help if any one needed.

Answer 3

You can also use interface builder if you don't want to make the adjustments in code. Here I left align the text and also indent it some:

Don't forget you can also align an image in the button too.:

Answer 4

Swift 4+

button.contentHorizontalAlignment = .left
button.contentVerticalAlignment = .top
button.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 10, left: 10, bottom: 10, right: 10)

Answer 5

Set the contentHorizontalAlignment:

emailBtn.contentHorizontalAlignment = .left;

You might also want to adjust the content left inset otherwise the text will touch the left border:

emailBtn.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 10, 0, 0);

// Swift 3 and up:
emailBtn.contentEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 10, bottom: 0, right: 0);

Answer 6

Using emailBtn.titleEdgeInsets is better than contentEdgeInsets, in case you don't want to change the whole content position inside the button.