IndentedTextWriter.Indent Property

Definition

Gets or sets the number of spaces to indent.

C#
public int Indent { get; set; }

Property Value

The number of spaces to indent.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates setting the indentation level of an IndentedTextWriter. The indentation level is the number of tab strings to prefix each line with.

C#
// Creates a TextWriter to use as the base output writer.
System.IO.StringWriter baseTextWriter = new System.IO.StringWriter();

// Create an IndentedTextWriter and set the tab string to use
// as the indentation string for each indentation level.
System.CodeDom.Compiler.IndentedTextWriter indentWriter = new IndentedTextWriter(baseTextWriter, "    ");

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1