Paint.StartHyphenEdit Property

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Definition

Namespace:
Android.Graphics
Assembly:
Mono.Android.dll

Get the current value of start hyphen edit. -or- Set a start hyphen edit on the paint.

public virtual int StartHyphenEdit { [Android.Runtime.Register("getStartHyphenEdit", "()I", "GetGetStartHyphenEditHandler", ApiSince=29)] get; [Android.Runtime.Register("setStartHyphenEdit", "(I)V", "GetSetStartHyphenEdit_IHandler", ApiSince=29)] set; }
[<get: Android.Runtime.Register("getStartHyphenEdit", "()I", "GetGetStartHyphenEditHandler", ApiSince=29)>]
[<set: Android.Runtime.Register("setStartHyphenEdit", "(I)V", "GetSetStartHyphenEdit_IHandler", ApiSince=29)>]
member this.StartHyphenEdit : int with get, set

Property Value

Int32

the current starting hyphen edit value

Attributes
RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Property getter documentation:

Get the current value of start hyphen edit.

The default value is 0 which is equivalent to #START_HYPHEN_EDIT_NO_EDIT.

Java documentation for android.graphics.Paint.getStartHyphenEdit().

Property setter documentation:

Set a start hyphen edit on the paint.

By setting start hyphen edit, the measurement and drawing is performed with modifying hyphenation at the start of line. For example, by passing #START_HYPHEN_EDIT_INSERT_HYPHEN like as follows, HYPHEN(U+2010) character is appended at the start of line.

<code>
              Paint paint = new Paint();
              paint.setStartHyphenEdit(Paint.START_HYPHEN_EDIT_INSERT_HYPHEN);
              paint.measureText("abc", 0, 3);  // Returns the width of "-abc"
              Canvas.drawText("abc", 0, 3, 0f, 0f, paint);  // Draws "-abc"
</code>

The default value is 0 which is equivalent to #START_HYPHEN_EDIT_NO_EDIT.

Java documentation for android.graphics.Paint.setStartHyphenEdit(int).

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Applies to