Paragraph.Alignment Property

Gets or sets the paragraph’s text alignment.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

NuGet Package : DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

• C#
• VB.NET

public abstract ParagraphAlignment Alignment { get; set; }

Public MustOverride Property Alignment As ParagraphAlignment

Property Value

Indicates a paragraph alignment.

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Available values:

Text is aligned to the left of the paragraph.

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| | Right |

Text is aligned to the right of the paragraph.

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| | Center |

Text is aligned to the center of the paragraph.

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| | Justify |

Text is justified to the entire width of the paragraph.

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| | JustifyLow |

If the language is Arabic, the paragraph uses small length Kashida. In other languages, text is justified with short inter-word spacing.

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| | JustifyMedium |

If the language is Arabic, the paragraph uses medium-length Kashida. In other languages, text is justified with wider inter-word spacing.

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| | JustifyHigh |

If the text is Arabic, the paragraph uses the kashida with the widest length. For other languages, paragraph text is justified with the widest inter-word spacing.

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| | Distribute |

The text is evenly distributed between right and left margins. If the last line is short, extra space is added between the characters so the line matches the paragraph’s width.

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| | ThaiDistribute |

Text is aligned between right and left margins by adding an extra space between each two characters. Affects languages with tone marks and vowel marks.

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Related GitHub Examples

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• C#
• VB.NET

winforms-richedit-table-of-contents-practical-guide/CS/Form1.cs#L108

Document.EndUpdateCharacters(cp);
Document.Paragraphs[0].Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
Document.Paragraphs[0].Style = Document.ParagraphStyles["Normal"];

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Table.cs#L39

{
    p.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
}

word-document-api-use-printablecomponentlink-to-print-document/CS/PrintingSystem/Form1.cs#L26

_header.Fields.Create(_header.Range.Start,"DATE \\@ \"dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss\" \\MERGEFORMAT");
_header.Paragraphs[0].Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Right;
srv.Document.Sections[0].EndUpdateHeader(_header);

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/TableActions.cs#L43

{
    p.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
}

word-processing-table-of-contents-practical-guide/CS/Program.cs#L142

Paragraph paragraph = document.Paragraphs[0];
paragraph.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
paragraph.Style = document.ParagraphStyles["Normal"];

winforms-richedit-table-of-contents-practical-guide/VB/Form1.vb#L100

Document.EndUpdateCharacters(cp)
Document.Paragraphs(0).Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center
Document.Paragraphs(0).Style = Document.ParagraphStyles("Normal")

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Table.vb#L36

For Each p As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Paragraph In document.Paragraphs.[Get](tbl.FirstRow.Range)
    p.Alignment = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ParagraphAlignment.Center
Next

word-document-api-use-printablecomponentlink-to-print-document/VB/PrintingSystem/Form1.vb#L26

_header.Fields.Create(_header.Range.Start, "DATE \@ ""dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss"" \MERGEFORMAT")
_header.Paragraphs(0).Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Right
srv.Document.Sections(0).EndUpdateHeader(_header)

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/TableActions.vb#L37

For Each p As Paragraph In document.Paragraphs.Get(tbl.FirstRow.Range)
    p.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center
Next p

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/TablesActions.vb#L64

For Each p As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Paragraph In document.Paragraphs.[Get](tbl.FirstRow.Range)
    p.Alignment = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ParagraphAlignment.Center
Next

See Also

Alignment

Paragraph Class

Paragraph Members

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native Namespace