If I have a column with alignment set to center. Is there a way for an item in the column to opt out...

# compose

[Colton Idle]

If I have a column with alignment set to center. Is there a way for an item in the column to opt out of this? I want everything in my column to be centered except one item. Thoughts?

Column(
    horizontalAlignment = Alignment.CenterHorizontally,

[alorma]

Wrap it with a Box, or Column and set align on that wrapper

[Colton Idle]

Alright. I was hoping there'd be another solution besides adding another wrapper layout composable, but so be it!

[Albert Chang]

You can set alignment on the child using Modifier.align(). It's in ColumnScope.

[Colton Idle]

Ooh. Didn't think it'd override. Let me give it a whirl.

[Chris Sinco [G]]

Yes, the Modifier.align is your friend in the context of Box/Column/Row (scope).

[Chris Sinco [G]]

[Chris Sinco [G]]

(The last paragraph of text isn’t “aligned” because text align is different from Modifier.align 🙂)

[Colton Idle]

Ah. Thanks @Chris Sinco [G]

[Ash]

@Chris Sinco [G] Love the tool. Wish knew about it before. Where is it listed as a Jetpack Compose tool?

[Chris Sinco [G]]

It’s not an official Compose tool at the moment - it’s a personal plugin I built to try out Compose Desktop but also try to make learning Modifiers easier/faster/more fun https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/16417-compose-modifiers-playground

[Chris Sinco [G]]

But we (Android Studio Design Tools team) have discussed how we could incorporate it back into the official toolchain. The technical challenge right now though is compilation speed since it takes seconds to refresh the Preview as you add/remove/modify Modifiers.

[Chris Sinco [G]]

My plugin is Compose rendering Compose, with a lot of assumptions about the generated code to render, which is why the experience is much faster than Preview in Android Studio. That is, there’s no compilation.

[Ash]

Teaching Compose and SwiftUI to designers . This tool will be very helpful 🙏🏽

[Chris Sinco [G]]

Good to know, as I’m a designer myself!

[Chris Sinco [G]]

At some point, it’d be nice to have this as a standalone desktop app or when ready, a Compose for Web app!