Align Two Chunks to Left and Right on Same Line in iTextsharp

This blog explain how we can align two chunks to the left and right on the same line.

Introduction

During work I faced one requirement where I had to bind multiple chunks into a single phrase and show these chunks at both the ends; i.e., left and right end, of the same line. So here I will explain how I completed that point.

Here I take one Phrase, ph1, and I have two strings, Project name, which contain the name of the Project and Date. I want to display the Project name at the left side and Date at the right side in a single line.

Document doc = new document()
Paragraph para = new Paragraph();
doc.open()
Chunk glue = new Chunk(new VerticalPositionMark());
Phrase ph1 = new Phrase();
ph1.Add(new Chunk(Environment.NewLine));
string projectname = "Project Name: " + dr["ProjectName"].ToString();
string date = dr["StartDate"].ToString() + "-" + dr["EndDate"].ToString();
Paragraph main = new Paragraph();
ph1.Add(new Chunk(projectname)); // Here I add projectname as a chunk into Phrase.
ph1.Add(glue); // Here I add special chunk to the same phrase.
ph1.Add(new Chunk('('+date +')')); // Here I add date as a chunk into same phrase.
main.Add(ph1);
para.Add(main);
doc.Add(para);
doc.close();

Output



Summary

In this blog we saw how we can add multiple chunks into a single phrase, and how we can add two chunks at different locations using a single phrase.