Is there a way to space the last button so its placed further from the
top 3?  It's not the padding option.  It would therefore look like:

<- - - - ->


     1
     2
     3

     4


<- - - - ->

Thanks again for your help.

On Apr 29, 9:51 pm, Kyle R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That worked perfectly, thank you very much.
>
> On Apr 29, 9:05 pm, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Kyle R wrote:
> > > I cannot figure out how to make 4 buttons, arranged vertically in a
> > > row, centered both vertically and horizontally on the screen.  I don't
> > > get why this is so difficult.  Is there a complete list of button
> > > attributes for the xml file and what they accomplish somewhere?
>
> > > What I am trying to achieve would look like:
>
> > > <- - - - ->
>
> > >      1
> > >      2
> > >      3
> > >      4
>
> > > <- - - - ->
>
> > Try this:
>
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
> >         android:orientation="vertical"
> >         android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> >         android:layout_height="fill_parent"
> >         android:gravity="center"
> >         >
> >         <LinearLayout
> >                 android:orientation="vertical"
> >                 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
> >                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
> >                 android:gravity="center"
> >                 >
> >                 <Button
> >                           android:id="@+id/btn1"
> >                           android:layout_width="300px"
> >                           android:layout_height="50px"
> >                           android:textAlign="center"
> >                           android:padding="15px"
> >                           android:text="1"/>
> >                 <Button
> >                           android:id="@+id/btn2"
> >                           android:layout_width="300px"
> >                           android:layout_height="50px"
> >                           android:textAlign="center"
> >                           android:padding="15px"
> >                           android:text="2"/>
> >                 <Button
> >                           android:id="@+id/btn3"
> >                           android:layout_width="300px"
> >                           android:layout_height="50px"
> >                           android:textAlign="center"
> >                           android:padding="15px"
> >                           android:text="3"/>
> >                 <Button
> >                           android:id="@+id/btn4"
> >                           android:layout_width="300px"
> >                           android:layout_height="50px"
> >                           android:textAlign="center"
> >                           android:padding="15px"
> >                           android:text="4"/>
> >         </LinearLayout>
> > </LinearLayout>
>
> > I'll admit I'm not 100% certain why both gravity:"center" attributes are
> > needed -- I'd've expected the one on the outer-most LinearLayout would
> > have done the trick. But, this seems to give the visual effect you're
> > looking for, if I understood you correctly.
>
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