---
title: "Align In Top Center"
description: "Demonstrates how to align one Game Object to the inner top-center position of another Game Object using the Display Align utility."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-top-center
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Align In Top Center

Demonstrates how to align one Game Object to the inner top-center position of another Game Object using the Display Align utility.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Display / Align](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-top-center.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### in top center.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    constructor ()
    {
        super();
    }

    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('pic', 'assets/pics/barbarian-loading.png');
        this.load.image('block', 'assets/sprites/block.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        const pic = this.add.image(0, 0, 'pic');
        const block = this.add.image(0, 0, 'block');

        //  Center the picture in the game
        Phaser.Display.Align.In.Center(pic, this.add.zone(400, 300, 800, 600));

        //  Center the sprite to the picture
        Phaser.Display.Align.In.TopCenter(block, pic);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Align

- [Align Bottom Center](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-bottom-center.md): Demonstrates how to align a Game Object to the bottom-center position inside another Game Object.
- [Align Bottom Right](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-bottom-right.md): Demonstrates how to use the BottomRight alignment helper to position one Game Object relative to the bottom-right corner of another.
- [Align In Bottom Left](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-bottom-left.md): Demonstrates how to align a Game Object to the inner bottom-left corner of another Game Object.
- [Align In Center](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-center.md): Demonstrates how to use Phaser.Display.Align.In.Center to align Game Objects to the exact center of other objects, such as zones or images.
- [Align In Right Center](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-right-center.md): Position a Game Object so it is aligned to the right-center interior of another Game Object.
- [Align In Top Left](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-top-left.md): Demonstrates how to position a Game Object inside the top-left corner of another Game Object using the alignment utility.
- [Align In Top Right](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-top-right.md): Demonstrates how to align one Game Object to the top-right corner of another using the Phaser.Display.Align utility.
- [In Left Center Alignment](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/display/align/view/in-left-center.md): Demonstrates using the LeftCenter alignment helper to position one Game Object relative to the middle of the left edge of another.

---

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