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Paragraph.LeftIndent Property

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Paragraph.LeftIndent Property

Gets or sets the left indent for the specified paragraph.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly : DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

csharp
public abstract float LeftIndent { get; set; }
vb
Public MustOverride Property LeftIndent As Single

Property Value

TypeDescription
Single

A Single value representing the left indent, measured in Document.Unit.

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Remarks

The following code sets the left indent of the first paragraph in the document to 1.5 cm. The Units.CentimetersToDocumentsF method is used to convert centimeters to documents, the default unit of measurement. Use the Document.Unit property to specify another unit of measurement.

csharp
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Utils;
// ...
richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs[0].LeftIndent = Units.CentimetersToDocumentsF(1.5f);
vb
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Utils
' ...
Private richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs(0).LeftIndent = _
    Units.CentimetersToDocumentsF(1.5f)

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the LeftIndent property.

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winforms-richedit-adjust-left-document-padding/CS/Form1.cs#L40

csharp
private void AdjustParagraphIndent() {
    richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs[0].LeftIndent = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.5f);
    richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs[0].FirstLineIndentType = ParagraphFirstLineIndent.Indented;

winforms-richedit-adjust-left-document-padding/VB/Form1.vb#L39

vb
Private Sub AdjustParagraphIndent()
    richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs(0).LeftIndent = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.5F)
    richEditControl1.Document.Paragraphs(0).FirstLineIndentType = ParagraphFirstLineIndent.Indented

See Also

RightIndent

Unit

Paragraph Class

Paragraph Members

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native Namespace