How to set top-left alignment for UILabel for iOS application?

Question

I have added one label in my nib file, then its required to have top-left alignment for that lable. As I am providing text at runtime so its not sure that how much lines the

Answer 1

Building on top of totiG's awesome answer, I have created an IBDesignable class that makes it extremely easy to customize a UILabel's vertical alignment right from the StoryBoard. Just make sure that you set your UILabel's class to 'VerticalAlignLabel' from the StoryBoard identity inspector. If the vertical alignment doesn't take effect, go to Editor->Refresh All Views which should do the trick.

How it works: Once you set your UILabel's class correctly, the storyboard should show you an input field that takes an integer (alignment code).

Update: I've added support for centered labels ~Sev

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Enter 0 for Top Alignment

Enter 1 for Middle Alignment

Enter 2 for Bottom Alignment

    @IBDesignable class VerticalAlignLabel: UILabel {
    
    @IBInspectable var alignmentCode: Int = 0 {
        didSet {
            applyAlignmentCode()
        }
    }
    
    func applyAlignmentCode() {
        switch alignmentCode {
        case 0:
            verticalAlignment = .top
        case 1:
            verticalAlignment = .topcenter
        case 2:
            verticalAlignment = .middle
        case 3:
            verticalAlignment = .bottom
        default:
            break
        }
    }
    
    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
        self.applyAlignmentCode()
    }
    
    override func prepareForInterfaceBuilder() {
        super.prepareForInterfaceBuilder()
        
        self.applyAlignmentCode()
    }
    
    enum VerticalAlignment {
        case top
        case topcenter
        case middle
        case bottom
    }
    
    var verticalAlignment : VerticalAlignment = .top {
        didSet {
            setNeedsDisplay()
        }
    }
    
    override public func textRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect, limitedToNumberOfLines: Int) -> CGRect {
        let rect = super.textRect(forBounds: bounds, limitedToNumberOfLines: limitedToNumberOfLines)
        
        if #available(iOS 9.0, *) {
            if UIView.userInterfaceLayoutDirection(for: .unspecified) == .rightToLeft {
                switch verticalAlignment {
                case .top:
                    return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - rect.size.width, y: bounds.origin.y, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                case .topcenter:
                    return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - (rect.size.width / 2), y: bounds.origin.y, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                case .middle:
                    return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - rect.size.width, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height) / 2, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                case .bottom:
                    return CGRect(x: self.bounds.size.width - rect.size.width, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height), width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                }
            } else {
                switch verticalAlignment {
                case .top:
                    return CGRect(x: bounds.origin.x, y: bounds.origin.y, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                case .topcenter:
                    return CGRect(x: (self.bounds.size.width / 2 ) - (rect.size.width / 2), y: bounds.origin.y, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                case .middle:
                    return CGRect(x: bounds.origin.x, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height) / 2, width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                case .bottom:
                    return CGRect(x: bounds.origin.x, y: bounds.origin.y + (bounds.size.height - rect.size.height), width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
                }
            }
        } else {
            // Fallback on earlier versions
            return rect
        }
    }
    
    override public func drawText(in rect: CGRect) {
        let r = self.textRect(forBounds: rect, limitedToNumberOfLines: self.numberOfLines)
        super.drawText(in: r)
    }
}