Lyrics alignment: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:17, 12 December 2025

Horizontal alignment for lyrics can be set by overriding the self-alignment-X property of the LyricText object. Value -1 means left-aligned, 0 centered, and 1 right-aligned. Alternatively, you can use the Scheme values LEFT, CENTER, and RIGHT instead of numbers.

\version "2.24"

\layout {
  ragged-right = ##f
}

\relative c'' {
  c1
  c1
  c1
}
\addlyrics {
  \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
  "This is left-aligned"
  \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
  "This is centered"
  \once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = 1
  "This is right-aligned"
}

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-Horizontal alignment for lyrics can be set by overriding the <code>self-alignment-X</code> property of the <code>LyricText</code> object. <code>-1</code> is left, <code>0</code> is center, and <code>1</code> is right; however, you can use <code>#LEFT</code>, <code>#CENTER</code> and <code>#RIGHT</code> as well.
+Horizontal alignment for lyrics can be set by overriding the <code>self-alignment-X</code> property of the <code>LyricText</code> object. Value &nbsp;-1 means left-aligned, 0&nbsp;centered, and 1&nbsp;right-aligned. Alternatively, you can use the Scheme values <code>LEFT</code>, <code>CENTER</code>, and <code>RIGHT</code> instead of numbers.
 <lilypond version="2.24">
-\layout { ragged-right = ##f }
+\layout {
+  ragged-right = ##f
+}
 \relative c'' {
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 </lilypond>
+[[Category:Really simple]]
+[[Category:Text]]
 [[Category:Vocal music]]
-[[Category:Vocal music]]
-[[Category:Text]]
-[[Category:Really simple]]
 [[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
+[[Category:Snippet]]