gb4e center example text

Question

I'm writing an article with several short example sentences. The document as a whole would look better if my example sentences were horizontally centered rather than left-aligned. Of course, I still need the labels on the left. How can I achieve this? Here's a simple MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\begin{document}
\begin{exe}
  \ex This sentence is short.
\end{exe}
\end{document}

Use hfil like: \ex \hfil This sentence is short. – Oct 12 '14 at 04:59 — , Oct 12 '14 at 04:59
Works like a charm with Philex and Forest. – Vincent Krebs Mar 24 '22 at 22:43 — Vincent Krebs, Mar 24 '22 at 22:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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You need to use \hfill and \hfill\null:

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Notes:

The showframe package was used just to show the page margins. It is not needed in your actual use case.

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{showframe}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\begin{document}
\begin{exe}
  \ex \hfill This sentence is short.\hfill\null
\end{exe}
\end{document}

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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answered Oct 12 '14 at 05:02

Peter Grill

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\hspace*{\fill} won't disappear. Using \null is not the best option, as it is an undocumented command. – egreg Aug 06 '15 at 16:25

gb4e center example text

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