ParagraphPropertiesBase.LineSpacing Property

Gets or sets a line spacing value.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

Declaration

C#

float? LineSpacing { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property LineSpacing As Single?

Property Value

Type	Description
Nullable<Single>	A Single value representing line spacing measured in Document.Unit units or null (Nothing in Visual Basic) for a mixture of paragraphs with different line spacings.

Remarks

The LineSpacing property is used when the ParagraphPropertiesBase.LineSpacingType property is set to either the ParagraphLineSpacing.Exactly or ParagraphLineSpacing.AtLeast value.

Use the SubDocument.BeginUpdateParagraphs and the SubDocument.EndUpdateParagraphs paired methods to modify paragraph formatting, such as the ParagraphPropertiesBase.LineSpacing, Paragraph.Alignment, Paragraph.SpacingBefore etc.

To accomplish this, call the SubDocument.BeginUpdateParagraphs method for the specified range, modify the properties of the returned ParagraphProperties object and call the SubDocument.EndUpdateParagraphs method to finalize the modification.

The following code snippet changes the first line indent and the line spacing of the paragraph containing the selection. It also adds a new tab stop for the paragraph using the Paragraph.BeginUpdateTabs - Paragraph.EndUpdateTabs pair of methods.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/winforms-richedit-document-api-e5219

Formatting.vb

document.BeginUpdate()
document.AppendText("Modified Paragraph" & vbLf & "Normal" & vbLf & "Normal")
document.EndUpdate()

'The target range is the first paragraph
Dim pos As DocumentPosition = document.Range.Start
Dim range As DocumentRange = document.CreateRange(pos, 0)

' Create and customize an object  
' that sets character formatting for the selected range
Dim pp As ParagraphProperties = document.BeginUpdateParagraphs(range)
' Center paragraph
pp.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center
' Set triple spacing
pp.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Multiple
pp.LineSpacingMultiplier = 3
' Set left indent at 0.5".
' Default unit is 1/300 of an inch (a document unit).
pp.LeftIndent = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.5F)
' Set tab stop at 1.5"
Dim tbiColl As TabInfoCollection = pp.BeginUpdateTabs(True)
Dim tbi As TabInfo = New DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo()
tbi.Alignment = TabAlignmentType.Center
tbi.Position = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5F)
tbiColl.Add(tbi)
pp.EndUpdateTabs(tbiColl)

'Finalize modifications
' with this method call
document.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp)

Formatting.cs

document.BeginUpdate();
document.AppendText("Modified Paragraph\nNormal\nNormal");
document.EndUpdate();

//The target range is the first paragraph
DocumentPosition pos = document.Range.Start;
DocumentRange range = document.CreateRange(pos, 0);

// Create and customize an object  
// that sets character formatting for the selected range
ParagraphProperties pp = document.BeginUpdateParagraphs(range);
// Center paragraph
pp.Alignment = ParagraphAlignment.Center;
// Set triple spacing
pp.LineSpacingType = ParagraphLineSpacing.Multiple;
pp.LineSpacingMultiplier = 3;
// Set left indent at 0.5".
// Default unit is 1/300 of an inch (a document unit).
pp.LeftIndent = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.5f);
// Set tab stop at 1.5"
TabInfoCollection tbiColl = pp.BeginUpdateTabs(true);
TabInfo tbi = new DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.TabInfo();
tbi.Alignment = TabAlignmentType.Center;
tbi.Position = DevExpress.Office.Utils.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5f);
tbiColl.Add(tbi);
pp.EndUpdateTabs(tbiColl);

//Finalize modifications
// with this method call
document.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp);