Paragraph.Alignment Property

Gets or sets text alignment within a paragraph.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public abstract ParagraphAlignment Alignment { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public MustOverride Property Alignment As ParagraphAlignment

Property Value

Type	Description
ParagraphAlignment	A ParagraphAlignment enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
Left	Text is aligned to the left of the paragraph.
Right	Text is aligned to the right of the paragraph.
Center	Text is aligned to the center of the paragraph.
Justify	Text is justified to the entire width of the paragraph.
JustifyLow	If the language is Arabic, the paragraph uses small length Kashida. In other languages, text is justified with short inter-word spacing.
JustifyMedium	If the language is Arabic, the paragraph uses medium-length Kashida. In other languages, text is justified with wider inter-word spacing.
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.
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.
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.

Remarks

The table below shows the text appearance with different Alignment values:

Alignment Type	Text
Right
Left
Center
Justified
Right-to-Left Languages
Justified High
Justified Medium
Justified Low
East-Asian Languages
Distributed
Thai Distributed

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

generating-table-of-contents-toc-practical-guide-e4138/CS/Form1.cs#L107

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

word-document-api-use-printablecomponentlink-to-print-document/CS/PrintingSystem/Form1.cs#L25

_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);

VB.NET

generating-table-of-contents-toc-practical-guide-e4138/VB/Form1.vb#L126

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

word-document-api-use-printablecomponentlink-to-print-document/VB/PrintingSystem/Form1.vb#L23

_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)