# TXRulerBar Control > Ruler bar control for a TX Text Control ActiveX editor that sets indents, tabs and the alignment of table cells: Direction, ScaleUnits, FormulaMode and events. - **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Class - **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXRulerBar Control - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/llms-full.txt --- ## On This Page - [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/#syntax) - [Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/#members) - [See Also](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/#see-also) --- ## In This Section - [Appearance Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/appearance-property/llms.txt): Returns or sets the paint style of a TXRulerBar: txFlat, tx3D (default), txXP for the Windows XP look or txColorScheme with the system color scheme. - [BorderStyle Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/borderstyle-property/llms.txt): Returns or sets the border style of a TXRulerBar as an Integer: 0 for no border or 1 for a fixed single border around the ruler bar window. - [Direction Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/direction-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets whether a TXRulerBar is shown as a horizontal ruler (txHorizontal, the default) or as a vertical ruler (txVertical) beside the document. - [DisplayColor Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/displaycolor-property/llms.txt): Gets or sets the display colors of a TXRulerBar by RulerBarColor index, from rlForeColor to rlRulerColor, used when Appearance is set to txColorScheme. - [Enabled Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/enabled-property/llms.txt): Returns or sets whether a TXRulerBar responds to user-generated events: True (default) lets the ruler bar respond, False prevents it from responding. - [EnablePageMargins Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/enablepagemargins-property/llms.txt): Enables or disables setting the page margins with a TXRulerBar: True, the default, lets users set the page margins on the ruler, False disables it. - [FormulaMode Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/formulamode-property/llms.txt): Sets whether a TXRulerBar shows table cell references in A1 or R1C1 notation: rlNone (default), rlAuto for formula cells or rlAlways in any table cell. - [hWnd Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/hwnd-property/llms.txt): Returns the window handle of a TXRulerBar for Windows API calls that expect an hWnd argument; the property is read only and available at run time only. - [Language Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/language-property/llms.txt): Sets the language of the TXRulerBar resources: 41, 43 and 49 select German variants, other values English; ResourceFile adds further languages. - [MouseDown Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/mousedown-event/llms.txt): Occurs when the user presses a mouse button over a TXRulerBar, passing the button, the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT state and the X and Y position in the ruler. - [MouseMove Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/mousemove-event/llms.txt): Occurs when the user moves the mouse over a TXRulerBar, passing the state of the mouse buttons, the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT keys and the X and Y position. - [MouseUp Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/mouseup-event/llms.txt): Occurs when the user releases a mouse button over a TXRulerBar, passing the button, the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT state and the X and Y position in the ruler. - [ReadOnly Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/readonly-property/llms.txt): Sets a TXRulerBar to read only mode: when True, the ruler still shows the formatting of the connected TextControl, but users cannot change it there. - [ResourceFile Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/resourcefile-property/llms.txt): Returns or sets the full path of a resource library the TXRulerBar loads to display its resources; when set, the Language property is ignored. Run time only. - [RightToLeft Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/righttoleft-property/llms.txt): Returns or sets whether a TXRulerBar has its origin at the right or left border; set at run time, the window is recreated and must be reassigned to RulerHandle. - [ScaleUnits Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/scaleunits-property/llms.txt): Returns or sets the scale units of a TXRulerBar as an Integer: 0 for millimeters, 1 for centimeters or 2 for inches shown on the ruler's measuring scale. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Style Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/style-property/llms.txt) - **Next:** [Appearance Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txrulerbar/appearance-property/llms.txt)