+/**
+ * gtk_alignment_new:
+ * @xalign: the horizontal alignment of the child widget, from 0 (left) to 1
+ * (right).
+ * @yalign: the vertical alignment of the child widget, from 0 (top) to 1
+ * (bottom).
+ * @xscale: the amount that the child widget expands horizontally to fill up
+ * unused space, from 0 to 1.
+ * A value of 0 indicates that the child widget should never expand.
+ * A value of 1 indicates that the child widget will expand to fill all of the
+ * space allocated for the #GtkAlignment.
+ * @yscale: the amount that the child widget expands vertically to fill up
+ * unused space, from 0 to 1. The values are similar to @xscale.
+ *
+ * Creates a new #GtkAlignment.
+ *
+ * Returns: the new #GtkAlignment.
+ */