Paragraph.Alignment Property

Gets or sets the paragraph’s text alignment.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

public abstract ParagraphAlignment Alignment { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public MustOverride Property Alignment As ParagraphAlignment

Property Value

Type	Description
ParagraphAlignment	Indicates a paragraph alignment.

Available values:

Name	Description	Example
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.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

generating-table-of-contents-toc-practical-guide-e4138/CS/Form1.cs#L108

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#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);

VB.NET

generating-table-of-contents-toc-practical-guide-e4138/VB/Form1.vb#L131

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#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)