TextOptions.GetStringFormat(TextOptions) Method

Returns a StringFormat object whose settings reflect the alignment, word wrapping and text trimming options of the specified TextOptions object.

Namespace: DevExpress.Utils

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public StringFormat GetStringFormat(
    TextOptions defaultOptions
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetStringFormat(
    defaultOptions As TextOptions
) As StringFormat

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
defaultOptions	TextOptions	A TextOptions object whose settings are used to initialize the corresponding settings of the StringFormat object that is to be returned.

Returns

Type	Description
StringFormat	A StringFormat object whose properties are set to match the appropriate values.

Remarks

This method returns a StringFormat object. Its FormatFlags, Alignment, Trimming and LineAlignment properties reflect the state of the TextOptions.WordWrap, TextOptions.HAlignment, TextOptions.Trimming and TextOptions.VAlignment properties of the defaultOptions parameter.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-custom-buttonedit-display-editvalue-on-button/CS/TestMyButtonEdit/MyButtonEditPainter.cs#L42

    bounds = new Rectangle(bounds.X, bounds.Y, text_width, bounds.Height);
    appearance.DrawString(info.Cache, text, bounds, appearance.GetForeBrush(info.Cache), appearance.GetTextOptions().GetStringFormat(info.ViewInfo.DefaultTextOptions));
}

VB.NET

winforms-custom-buttonedit-display-editvalue-on-button/VB/TestMyButtonEdit/MyButtonEditPainter.vb#L41

    bounds = New Rectangle(bounds.X, bounds.Y, text_width, bounds.Height)
    appearance.DrawString(info.Cache, text, bounds, appearance.GetForeBrush(info.Cache), appearance.GetTextOptions().GetStringFormat(info.ViewInfo.DefaultTextOptions))
End Sub