SwiftUI: How to center align independent of other content in HStack?

Question

I have an HStack with content I want left aligned and then Details title to be centered. I am using a Spacer() to try and accomplish this but it looks like it's centering Details dependent on the content to the left of it. I would like it to be independent of that and just be centered to the screen. Is that possible using Spacer()?

    VStack {
        HStack(alignment: .top) {
            Text("<------")
            Spacer()
            Text("Details")
            Spacer()
        }
        Spacer()         
    }

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 27 '21 at 18:18

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A possible approach is to use overlay, like

VStack {
    HStack(alignment: .top) {
        Text("<------")
        Spacer()
    }
    .overlay(
        Text("Details")       // << here !!
    , alignment: .top)
    Spacer()         
}

, depending on needs you can place it to root VStack

answered Nov 27 '21 at 18:18

Asperi

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Any advantage using `.overlay` compared to manually using a `ZStack` ? – Claus Jørgensen Nov 27 '21 at 18:38
@ClausJørgensen: I am not in SwiftUI Team but it seems `.overlay` is a product of `ZStack`, I can make a custom `.overlay` modifier from `ZStack`. – ios coder Nov 27 '21 at 18:53
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@ClausJørgensen, look here https://stackoverflow.com/a/63446622/12299030 – Asperi Nov 27 '21 at 18:57

SwiftUI: How to center align independent of other content in HStack?

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