Vertical align in side by side paragraphs

Vertical align in side by side paragraphs

[Tom Harrop]

Hello,

How can I make both/all columns in a paragraphs environment align flush bottom, e.g. for addressing a letter? I saw a line in the manual about using top=\vfill but I couldn’t get this to work. Should I be using TABLE here?

Thanks (again),

Tom

\starttext

\defineparagraphs[Par]
  [n=2, before={\blank}, after={\blank}] 

\setupparagraphs[Par][1]
  [align=flushleft]
\setupparagraphs[Par][2]
  [align=flushright]

\startPar
  \vfill % I hoped this would push bob’s address down
  Bob’s name \crlf
  Company \crlf
  Bob’s street \crlf
  Bob’s town \crlf
  Bob’s country
\Par
  My street \crlf
  My town \crlf
  My country 
  \blank
  My phone number
  \blank
  Today's date
\stopPar

Dear Bob,

Blah blah blah

\stoptext

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Re: Vertical align in side by side paragraphs

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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> Tom Harrop <mailto:thomas.harrop@ird.fr>
> 6. Mai 2016 um 12:20
> Hello,
>
> How can I make both/all columns in a paragraphs environment align 
> flush bottom, e.g. for addressing a letter? I saw a line in the manual 
> about using top=\vfill but I couldn’t get this to work. Should I be 
> using TABLE here?
Yes, the TABLE or xtable environments are better suited for this.

Wolfgang

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