# ShowDialogSettings.StartPosition Property

> Gets or sets the starting position of the form at run time. The default value is TXSpell.DialogStartPosition.CenterScreen.

- **Product:** TX Spell .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 9.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Proofing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TXSpell.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXSpell.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXSpell.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Spell .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Proofing > ShowDialogSettings.StartPosition Property
- **398 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/showdialogsettings/startposition-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/showdialogsettings/startposition-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/showdialogsettings/startposition-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the starting position of the form at run time. The default value is [TXSpell.DialogStartPosition.CenterScreen](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/txspell-dialogstartposition/enumeration/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

```csharp
public TXSpell.DialogStartPosition StartPosition { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property StartPosition As TXSpell.DialogStartPosition
```

### Examples

The following example uses `ShowDialogSettings.StartPosition` to configure start position as part of the show dialog settings workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
showDialogSettings.StartPosition = TXTextControl.Proofing.TXSpell.DialogStartPosition.Manual;
Console.WriteLine($"Start Position used by Show Dialog Settings: {showDialogSettings.StartPosition}");
```

```vbnet
showDialogSettings.StartPosition = TXTextControl.Proofing.TXSpell.DialogStartPosition.Manual
Console.WriteLine($"Start Position used by Show Dialog Settings: {showDialogSettings.StartPosition}")
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ShowDialogSettings.Owner Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/showdialogsettings/owner-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [SpellCheckDialog Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-spell-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-proofing/spellcheckdialog/llms-full.txt)