# PermanentControlChars Property

> Sets or returns which control characters are always shown: spaces, tabs, paragraph ends, line, page and section breaks, hyphens or table cell ends, as a sum.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Property
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXTextControl > PermanentControlChars Property
- **306 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/permanentcontrolchars-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/permanentcontrolchars-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/permanentcontrolchars-property/llms-full.txt

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Gets or sets a value specifying which control characters are shown permanently on the screen. The property's value must be one or more values of the **ControlCharConstants** enumeration. To specify more than one value they can be added. Control characters which are not specified through this property are shown only, when the [ControlChars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/controlchars-property/llms-full.txt) property has been set to True.

Introduced: 19.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
TXTextControl.PermanentControlChars [= value]
```

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| txSpace (1) | Shows a space. |
| txTab (2) | Shows a tab stop. |
| txParagraph (4) | Shows the end of a paragraph. |
| txLineBreak (8) | Shows a forced line break. |
| txObjectAnchor (16) | Shows an anchor, when an anchored object is selected. |
| txPageBreak (32) | Shows a page break. |
| txSectionBreak (64) | Shows a section break. |
| txHyphen (128) | Shows a hyphen. |
| txNonBreakingSpace (256) | Shows a non-breaking space. |
| txTableCellEnd (512) | Shows the end of a table cell. |
| txAll (1023) | Shows all control characters. |

### Data Types

Integer.

### See Also

- [Programming Category: Control Settings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/control-settings/llms-full.txt)

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