[Tex/LaTex] New line right aligned

horizontal alignment

What I'm trying to do is right-align a new line. In other words, I want to have a block of justified text, as normal, and then I wish to have a line break, with the new line right-aligned like this:

|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit,|
|sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore ma-|
|gna aliqua.                                             |
|                                                    Text|

If the pipes indicate the margins (hyphenation may not respect Latin hyphenation rules, this is just a quick and dirty demonstration).

I tried using the flushright environment, but this, of course, starts a new paragraph, which I do not want:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage[margin=1.8cm]{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper}
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\begin{document}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
\begin{flushright}
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
  eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
\end{flushright}

\end{document}

I also tried to use the \raggedleft declaration, but if I try scoping it:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit,
sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. \\
{\raggedleft Text}

It does not right-align Text at all.

I also tried using the \hfill command. This does not seem to work at the beginning of a new line, but I was able to quick-and-dirty my way around that problem. Nevertheless, \hfill doesn't quite fill the whole line, for some reason, leaving me with far-from right-aligned Text:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{plain}
\usepackage[margin=1.8cm]{geometry}
\geometry{a4paper}
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\begin{document}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. \\
\hspace*{0pt}\hfill Text

\end{document}

Possible complications

Firstly, I would, ideally, like to be able to use any solution within an enumerate environment.

Secondly, I was initially trying to define a command for a logical structure. I began with:

\newcommand{\grade}[1]{\newline\textbf{Grade} #1}

And then thought it would look better if I could right-align the grade. As such, ideally, I would like a solution that can be incorporated into the definition of a new command.

Best Answer

Issue \par\nopagebreak under zero \parskip, which is obtained by using a group, so the value of \parskip will be restored at \endgroup.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}

\newcommand{\lastline}[1]{%
  \begingroup\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}\par\nopagebreak
  \raggedleft#1\par\endgroup
}

\begin{document}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
\lastline{Some text that's flush right.}

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

\begin{enumerate}
\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
\lastline{Some text that's flush right.}

\item Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Bump right-aligned text to next line if no room

There are some cases where both Herbert's and Thorsten Donig's answers can be problematic. One situation is when the stuff at the end needs a new line, but that line also starts a new page. This makes an especially awkward widow, since it would start a page flushed right. The other potential problem involves hyphenation. Herbert's solution does not work properly on lines that are started by hyphenated words (it starts a new line even if there is enough space to flush right), and Thorsten Donig's solution seems to break hyphenation of the preceding word.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[papersize={10cm,5cm},textwidth=5cm,vmargin=5mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{calc,parskip}
\newcommand{\atend}{\makebox[2em][l]{\leaders\hbox{b}\hfill}}
\newcommand{\fillpage}{\vspace*{\textheight}\vspace*{-2\baselineskip}\vspace{-\parskip}}
\overfullrule=2pt
\pagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}
\fillpage

\newcommand\comfyfill[1]{{% = Herbert's \When
  \leftskip=0ptplus1fil\rightskip=-\leftskip\parfillskip=\leftskip
  \hfill \phantom{ } \textit{\mbox{#1}}\par}}

\makebox[\textwidth-2em]{\hrulefill a}\comfyfill{\atend}

\makebox[\textwidth-\widthof{charac- }]{\hrulefill} characterisation \comfyfill{\atend}

\makebox[\textwidth-\widthof{charac- }]{\hrulefill} charac- terisation \comfyfill{\atend}

\newpage
\fillpage

\renewcommand*{\comfyfill}[1]{% = Thorsten Donig's \signed
  \unskip\hspace*{1em plus 1fill}
  \nolinebreak[3]%
  \hspace*{\fill}\mbox{\emph{#1}}
  \parfillskip0pt\par
}

\makebox[\textwidth-2em]{\hrulefill a}\comfyfill{\atend}

\makebox[\textwidth-\widthof{charac- }]{\hrulefill} characterisation \comfyfill{\atend}

\makebox[\textwidth-\widthof{charac- }]{\hrulefill} charac- terisation \comfyfill{\atend}

\end{document}

Here is the output from Herbert's solution: $Herbert's \When$

An here is the output from Thorsten Donig's: enter image description here

[Tex/LaTex] How to make text aligned left/center/right in the same line

Using \hfill won't necessarily result in the middle text being centered, as the example below demonstrates. If you want to place the text in such a way that the middle text is really centered, I would suggest using \parboxes, as the example shows (I used the \lipsum[2] command to generate text to be used only as a reference):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\textbox[1]{%
  \parbox{.333\textwidth}{#1}%
}

\begin{document}

\noindent Left longer sample simple text\hfill Center?\hfill Right

\noindent\textbox{Left longer sample text\hfill}\textbox{\hfil Center\hfil}\textbox{\hfill Right}

\noindent\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

enter image description here

If this construct will be used many times, it would be better to have a command; something along the lines of the \textline command whose definition and use are illustrated in the following example (in which I also incorporated egreg's suggestion about \raggedleft, \centering and \raggedright):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\textline[4][t]{%
  \par\smallskip\noindent\parbox[#1]{.333\textwidth}{\raggedright\texttt{+}#2}%
  \parbox[#1]{.333\textwidth}{\centering#3}%
  \parbox[#1]{.333\textwidth}{\raggedleft\texttt{#4}}\par\smallskip%
}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[2]
\textline[t]{555\,555\,555}{Some Name}{user@some.site.com}
\lipsum[2]

\end{document}