Paragraph in TikZ

Question

How make paragraph in TikZ. I use \parbox with \node

\node {\parbox[5cm]{text}};

but i need more options, alignment center or left or right, similar to text box. All in TikZ.

thanks.

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 29 '10 at 10:51

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There are some differences between TikZ versions.

With TikZ/pgf 2.10 use the alignment options given by Torbjorn: align=left etc. as options to \node. This doesn't work with TikZ 2.00. Example:
```
\node[text width=3cm,align=right] {your text};
```
With TikZ/pgf 2.00 or below use text options to \node such as text centered, text ragged or text badly ragged. Example:
```
\tikz \draw (0,0) node[text width=3cm,text ragged] {your text}
```
You may always use the vertical alignment options of \parbox and horizontal alignment declarations within the box.

Syntax: \parbox[position][height][inner-pos]{width}{text}

Example: \node{\parbox[t][6cm][c][5cm]{\centering your text}};

edited Dec 29 '10 at 10:51

Caramdir

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answered Dec 29 '10 at 00:49

Stefan Kottwitz

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Thanks! And justify in TikZ/PGF 2.00? And break line with \? – Regis Santos Dec 29 '10 at 14:46
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@Regis da Silva: option text justified, and just use \. Example: \node[text width=2cm,text justified] {Test\\text and more text}; – Stefan Kottwitz Dec 29 '10 at 15:12

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '10 at 10:42

See section 16.4 in the TikZ manual. For example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for creating dummy text
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node [text width=5cm,align=left] {\lipsum[1]};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Other alignment options are center and right (naturally), as well as flush left, flush center and flush right, in which no hyphenation will occur, and justify.

Paragraph in TikZ

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