CardService: How to align ButtonSet to the Right/end ?

[Serge K.]

Hi all,

I am building two add-on for Google Workspace using Apps Script and the Alternate Runtime.

I am having trouble aligning a ButtonSet to the right/end using Apps Script syntax.

Using the Card Builder Tool allows to align button sets to the start, center or end. The JSON output shows a key value pair of "horizontalAlignment": "END" for the widget.

However, no apps script output is generated. it seems, there is not "Setlayout" or "setAlignment" and we can not use the CardService.HorizontalAlignment.END with ButtonSet

How are you doing to align a ButtonSet to the end ? is there a workaround?

thank you in advance for the feedback.

Serge K.

[Avana Vana]

Hi,

As far as I am aware, only the GridItem class has a setTextAlignment() method which can accept one of the HorizontalAlignment Enum values.

I do not think you can use the HorizontalAlignment Enum with the ButtonSet class.

As the Card Builder Tool itself says: "Horizontal alignment. Note: Some widgets are always full width and ignore this setting."

Best,

Avana

[Serge K.]

Thank you for the feedback Avana,

I think I will just trick it by using a DecoratedText with an empty text and the right button activated.  It will do the job for now.

Thanks again!

 Serge K

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[Gabriel Villoldo]

I am experiencing the same issue, the Card Builder Tool says that ButtonSet accepts "horizontalAlignment", it works perfectly using JSON implementation, but it does NOT work using AppScript editor using CardService. According to the API RPC there is no "horizontalAlignment" https://developers.google.com/workspace/add-ons/reference/rpc/google.apps.card.v1#buttonlist, but it does work ok. That's the inconsistency that Serge K is pointing. Is Google going to update API RPC and CardService to support "horizontalAlignment" in ButtonSet/ButtonList?

Thanks!

[Gabriel Villoldo]

Card Builder Tool example: https://gw-card-builder.web.app/#gahzZWN0aW9uc5GBp3dpZGdldHORgqpidXR0b25MaXN0gadidXR0b25zkYKkdGV4dKhCdXR0b24gMadvbkNsaWNrgaZhY3Rpb26CqGZ1bmN0aW9upFRPRE+qcGFyYW1ldGVyc5CzaG9yaXpvbnRhbEFsaWdubWVudKNFTkQ=

[Ori Seri]

Hi,

I'm experiencing the same issue. Card JSON supports "horizontalAlignment" in card builder, but I cannot set it programmatically in AppsScript.

Will be glad if it can be addressed 🙏🏻

[Pracownia Alternatywna]

Same here, is there anyway to LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT align all the widgets not just GridItems?