TXTextControl.Paragraph Class - TX Text Control .NET for WPF

TX Text Control .NET for WPFReference GuideTXTextControl NamespaceParagraph Class

An instance of the Paragraph class represents a single paragraph in a Text Control document. Paragraphs are numbered from the beginning to the end of the document beginning with 1. A document has at least one paragraph. A Paragraph object can be obtained from the paragraphs collection available through the TextControl.Paragraphs property.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public class Paragraph

Public Class Paragraph

Introduced: 15.0.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the Paragraph class to add paragraph numbers and apply a format to each paragraph, that holds text, e.g. is longer than 3 characters.

C#
VB.NET

TXTextControl.ParagraphFormat numberedParagraphFormat = new TXTextControl.ParagraphFormat();

numberedParagraphFormat.Alignment     = TXTextControl.HorizontalAlignment.Left;
numberedParagraphFormat.LeftIndent    = 200;
numberedParagraphFormat.RightIndent   = 500;
numberedParagraphFormat.HangingIndent = 100;

foreach (TXTextControl.Paragraph p in textControl1.Paragraphs)
{
    textControl1.InputPosition = new TXTextControl.InputPosition(p.Start - 1);
        if (p.Length >= 3)
        {
            textControl1.Selection.Text = p.Number.ToString() + ". ";
            p.Format = numberedParagraphFormat;
        }
}

Dim numberedParagraphFormat As New TXTextControl.ParagraphFormat(TXTextControl.HorizontalAlignment.Left)

numberedParagraphFormat.Alignment     = TXTextControl.HorizontalAlignment.Left
numberedParagraphFormat.LeftIndent    = 200
numberedParagraphFormat.RightIndent   = 500
numberedParagraphFormat.HangingIndent = 100

For Each p As TXTextControl.Paragraph In TextControl1.Paragraphs
    TextControl1.InputPosition = New TXTextControl.InputPosition(p.Start - 1)
    If p.Length >= 3 Then
        TextControl1.Selection.Text = p.Number.ToString() + ". "
        p.Format = numberedParagraphFormat
    End If
Next

Methods

Method	Description
Save	Saves the paragraph's text with the specified format.
Select	Selects the paragraph.

Properties

Property	Description
Format	Gets or sets the paragraph's formatting attributes.
FormattingStyle	Gets or sets the paragraph's formatting style.
Length	Gets the number of characters in the paragraph including the paragraph end character.
Lines	Gets the number of lines the paragraph consists of.
ListFormat	Gets or sets the paragraph's bulleted or numbered list and/or its formatting attributes.
ListNumber	Gets the paragraph's list number.
ListNumberText	Gets the paragraph's list number text.
Number	Gets the paragraph's number.
Start	Gets the number (one-based) of the paragraph's first character.
StartLine	Gets the number (one-based) of the paragraph's first line.
Text	Gets the paragraph's text.