Class Column

Column

A column.

Available for Google Chat apps and Google Workspace add-ons.

const columnWidget = CardService.newTextParagraph();
const column =
    CardService.newColumn()
        .setHorizontalSizeStyle(
            CardService.HorizontalSizeStyle.FILL_AVAILABLE_SPACE)
        .setHorizontalAlignment(CardService.HorizontalAlignment.CENTER)
        .setVerticalAlignment(CardService.VerticalAlignment.CENTER)
        .addWidget(columnWidget);

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
addWidget(widget)	Column	Adds a widget to the column.
setHorizontalAlignment(horizontalAlignment)	Column	Sets the HorizontalAlignment of the Column.
setHorizontalSizeStyle(horizontalSizeStyle)	Column	Sets the HorizontalSizeStyle of the Column.
setVerticalAlignment(verticalAlignment)	Column	Sets the VerticalAlignment of the Column.

Detailed documentation

addWidget(widget)

Adds a widget to the column.

Widgets are displayed in the order they are added. You can add the following widgets to a column:

• TextParagraph
• Image
• DecoratedText
• ButtonSet
• TextInput
• SelectionInput
• DateTimePicker

const column = CardService.newColumn().addWidget(
    CardService.newTextParagraph().setText('This is a text paragraph widget'),
);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
widget	Widget	The widget to add to the column.

Return

Column — This object, for chaining.

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setHorizontalAlignment(horizontalAlignment)

Sets the HorizontalAlignment of the Column. Optional.

const column = CardService.newColumn().setHorizontalAlignment(
    CardService.HorizontalAlignment.CENTER,
);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
horizontalAlignment	HorizontalAlignment	The horizontal alignment of the column.

Return

Column — This object, for chaining.

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setHorizontalSizeStyle(horizontalSizeStyle)

Sets the HorizontalSizeStyle of the Column. Optional.

const column = CardService.newColumn().setHorizontalSizeStyle(
    CardService.HorizontalSizeStyle.FILL_AVAILABLE_SPACE,
);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
horizontalSizeStyle	HorizontalSizeStyle	The horizontal size of the column.

Return

Column — This object, for chaining.

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setVerticalAlignment(verticalAlignment)

Sets the VerticalAlignment of the Column. Optional.

const column = CardService.newColumn().setVerticalAlignment(
    CardService.VerticalAlignment.CENTER,
);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
verticalAlignment	VerticalAlignment	The vertical alignment of the column.

Return

Column — This object, for chaining.