# TextViewGenerator.InputFormat Property

> Gets an object of the type InputFormat which represents all formatting attributes at the current text input position.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 21.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.ServerVisualisation`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Server.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Server.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Server.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.ServerVisualization > TextViewGenerator.InputFormat Property
- **445 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/inputformat-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/inputformat-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/inputformat-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets an object of the type [InputFormat](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/inputformat/llms-full.txt) which represents all formatting attributes at the current text input position.

### Syntax

```csharp
public InputFormat InputFormat { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property InputFormat As InputFormat
```

### Examples

The following example applies bold formatting through the text view generator's selection by using `TextViewGenerator.InputFormat`.

```csharp
Selection formattedSelection = textViewGenerator.Selection;
formattedSelection.Bold = true;
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection;

Console.WriteLine($"Input Format: {textViewGenerator.InputFormat}");
Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
Dim formattedSelection As Selection = textViewGenerator.Selection
formattedSelection.Bold = True
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection

Console.WriteLine($"Input Format: {textViewGenerator.InputFormat}")
Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator is ready for use.")
```

### Limitations

Runtime only.

Read only.

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## Nearby

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