RichTextBox.SelectionHangingIndent Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

RichTextBox.cs

Gets or sets the distance between the left edge of the first line of text in the selected paragraph and the left edge of subsequent lines in the same paragraph.

public:
 property int SelectionHangingIndent { int get(); void set(int value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public int SelectionHangingIndent { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.SelectionHangingIndent : int with get, set

Public Property SelectionHangingIndent As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The distance, in pixels, for the hanging indent applied to the current text selection or the insertion point.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to specify hanging indents within the RichTextBox using the SelectionHangingIndent property. This example requires that a RichTextBox control, named richTextBox1, has been added to the form.

private:
   void WriteIndentedTextToRichTextBox()
   {
      // Clear all text from the RichTextBox;
      richTextBox1->Clear();

      // Specify a 20 pixel hanging indent in all paragraphs.
      richTextBox1->SelectionHangingIndent = 20;

      // Set the font for the text.
      richTextBox1->Font = gcnew System::Drawing::Font( "Lucinda Console",12 );

      // Set the text within the control.
      richTextBox1->SelectedText = "This text contains a hanging indent. The first sentence of the paragraph is spaced normally.";
      richTextBox1->SelectedText = "All subsequent lines of text are indented based on the value of SelectionHangingIndent.";
      richTextBox1->SelectedText = "After this paragraph the indent is returned to normal spacing.\n";
      richTextBox1->SelectedText = "Since this is a new paragraph the indent is also applied to this paragraph.";
      richTextBox1->SelectedText = "All subsequent lines of text are indented based on the value of SelectionHangingIndent.";
   }

private void WriteIndentedTextToRichTextBox()
{
   // Clear all text from the RichTextBox;
   richTextBox1.Clear();
   // Specify a 20 pixel hanging indent in all paragraphs.
   richTextBox1.SelectionHangingIndent = 20;
   // Set the font for the text.
   richTextBox1.Font = new Font("Lucinda Console", 12);
   // Set the text within the control.
   richTextBox1.SelectedText = "This text contains a hanging indent. The first sentence of the paragraph is spaced normally.";
   richTextBox1.SelectedText = "All subsequent lines of text are indented based on the value of SelectionHangingIndent.";
   richTextBox1.SelectedText = "After this paragraph the indent is returned to normal spacing.\n";
   richTextBox1.SelectedText = "Since this is a new paragraph the indent is also applied to this paragraph.";
   richTextBox1.SelectedText = "All subsequent lines of text are indented based on the value of SelectionHangingIndent.";
}

Private Sub WriteIndentedTextToRichTextBox()
   ' Clear all text from the RichTextBox;
   RichTextBox1.Clear()
   ' Set the font for the text.
   RichTextBox1.Font = New Font("Lucinda Console", 12)
   ' Specify a 20 pixel hanging indent in all paragraphs.
   RichTextBox1.SelectionHangingIndent = 20
   ' Set the text within the control.
   RichTextBox1.SelectedText = "VBThis text contains a hanging indent. The first sentence of the paragraph is spaced normally."
   RichTextBox1.SelectedText = "All subsequent lines of text are indented based on the value of SelectionHangingIndent."
   RichTextBox1.SelectedText = "After this paragraph the indent is returned to normal spacing." + ControlChars.CrLf
   RichTextBox1.SelectedText = "Since this is a new paragraph the indent is also applied to this paragraph."
   RichTextBox1.SelectedText = "All subsequent lines of text are indented based on the value of SelectionHangingIndent."
End Sub

Remarks

If no text is currently selected, the hanging indent is applied to the paragraph in which the insertion point appears and to all text that is typed into the control after the insertion point. The hanging indent setting applies until the property is changed to a different value or until the insertion point is moved to a different paragraph within the control.

If text is selected within the control, the selected text and any text entered after the text selection will have the value of this property applied to it. You can use this property to apply a hanging indent to your paragraphs.

To set the indention of the first line of a paragraph selection, use the SelectionIndent property.

See also

• SelectionIndent