TikZ-PGF – Left Alignment in TikZ

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I'm not able to align the text left.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\newcommand{\altura}{.45cm}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[x=1cm, y=-\altura, node distance=0,outer sep=0,inner sep=0]
\tikzstyle{nome}=[draw, rectangle,anchor=west, minimum height=\altura,minimum width=9cm,fill=yellow!30]

\node[nome,right] (p1) {text};
\node[nome,right] (p2) [below = of p1] {text text};
\node[nome,right] (p3) [below  = of p2] {text text text};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

The left or anchor=west not work. I need the text align left.

Best Answer

You could add an option specifying the text width. It's automatically left justified then:

\tikzstyle{nome}=[draw, rectangle,anchor=west, minimum height=\altura,
  minimum width=9cm,fill=yellow!30,text width=8.8cm]

left aligned text in nodes

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Using fit library you may create additional node, that would contain every node in your tree. After that use it's anchors to perform your justification.

Here's result of such solution:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,calc,positioning,trees,fit}
\usepackage[graphics,tightpage,active]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\newlength{\imagewidth}
\newlength{\imagescale}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
    ->, >=stealth', shorten >=1pt, semithick, node distance=1cm, level distance=7mm, level/.style={sibling distance=10mm/#1},
    block/.style = {draw, rectangle, rounded corners, minimum height=1cm},
    every node/.style={circle, draw, fill=none, anchor=north}
]

\node (SOURCE TREE) {}
    child { node {} }
    child { node {} 
        child { node {} }
        child { node {} }
    };

\node[fit=(SOURCE TREE) (SOURCE TREE-1) (SOURCE TREE-2) (SOURCE TREE-2-1) (SOURCE TREE-2-2),
    draw=none, rectangle, inner sep=0] (whole tree) {};

\node[block, left=of whole tree] (SOURCE DOCUMENT) {\parbox{2cm}{\centering source document}};

\draw (SOURCE DOCUMENT) -- (whole tree);
\end{tikzpicture}   
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to define the default vertical distance between nodes

I don't really get the question so I hope this is what you wanted. If you include a full document (such that we copy paste and see the problem on our systems) things are much more easier.

Here, you can change the default setting within a scope but your block style had a node distance which was resetting every time it is issued. I've made it 2mm such that we can see the difference easier.

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes.geometric,positioning}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[decision/.style={diamond, draw, text width=4.5em, text badly centered, node distance=3.5cm, inner sep=0pt},
                    block/.style   ={rectangle, draw, text width=6em, text centered, rounded corners, minimum height=4em, minimum height=2em},
                    cloud/.style   ={draw, ellipse, minimum height=2em},
                    line/.style    ={draw,-latex'},
                    node distance = 1cm, 
                    auto]
    \node [block] (1st) {1st};
    \node [block, right= of 1st]  (2nd1) {2nd1};
\begin{scope}[node distance=2mm and 10mm]%Here we change it for everything inside this scope
    \node [block, above= of 2nd1] (2nd2) {2nd2};
    \node [block, below= of 2nd1] (2nd3) {2nd3};
    \node [block, right= of 2nd1] (3rd1) {3rd1};
    \node [block, above= of 3rd1] (3rd2) {3rd2};
    \node [block, above= of 3rd2] (3rd3) {3rd3};
\end{scope}
    \node [block, below= of 3rd1] (3rd4) {3rd4};
    \node [block, below= of 3rd4] (3rd5) {3rd5};

    \path [line] (1st) -- (2nd1);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (2nd2);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (2nd3);
    \path [line] (2nd2) -- (3rd3);
    \path [line] (2nd1) -- (3rd1);
    \path [line] (1st) -- (2nd1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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