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Paragraph.BeginUpdateTabs(Boolean) Method

Starts modifying tab stops in a paragraph.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

public abstract TabInfoCollection BeginUpdateTabs(
    bool onlyOwnTabs
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
onlyOwnTabs Boolean

true to set tab stops for the target paragraph only, disregarding style; false to merge tab stops which are set for the paragraph style and for the individual paragraph.

Returns

Type Description
TabInfoCollection

A collection of paragraph tab stops.

Example

The code sample below sets the document measurement Document.Unit to inches and specifies tab stops. Tab stops are set and updated for the target paragraph only.

View Example

using XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using DevExpress.Office;

using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("FirstLook.docx");
    Document document  = wordProcessor.Document;

    document.Unit = DocumentUnit.Inch;

    // Access first paragraph tabs
    TabInfoCollection tabs = document.Paragraphs[0].BeginUpdateTabs(true);

    // Set the first tab stop at 2.5 inch
    TabInfo tab1 = new TabInfo();
    tab1.Position = 2.5f;
    tab1.Alignment = TabAlignmentType.Left;
    tab1.Leader = TabLeaderType.MiddleDots;
    tabs.Add(tab1);

    // Set the second tab stop at 5.5 inch
    TabInfo tab2 = new TabInfo();
    tab2.Position = 5.5f;
    tab2.Alignment = TabAlignmentType.Decimal;
    tab2.Leader = TabLeaderType.EqualSign;
    tabs.Add(tab2);

    document.Paragraphs[0].EndUpdateTabs(tabs);
}

[BeginUpdateTabs] xref:DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Paragraph.BeginUpdateTabs(System.Boolean)

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