Description

Gets or sets the formatting character for a bulleted or numbered list.

Syntax

public ListFormatCharacter FormatCharacter { get; set; }

Public Property FormatCharacter As ListFormatCharacter

Members

Value	Description
Tab	The text of the list follows the bullet or number character at the next tab position.
Space	The text of the list follows the bullet or number character separated through a space character.
None	The text of the list immediately follows the bullet or number character.

Examples

The following example applies FormatCharacter while converting three selected paragraphs into a usable numbered list.

textControl.Text = "Research\nDraft\nReview";
textControl.Select(0, textControl.Text.Length);

ListFormat listFormat = new()
{
    Type = ListType.Numbered,
    FormatCharacter = ListFormatCharacter.Space
};
textControl.Selection.ListFormat = listFormat;

textControl.Text = "Research" & vbCrLf & "Draft" & vbCrLf & "Review"
textControl.Select(0, textControl.Text.Length)

Dim listFormat As New ListFormat() With {
    .Type = ListType.Numbered,
    .FormatCharacter = ListFormatCharacter.Space
}
textControl.Selection.ListFormat = listFormat

Remarks

The property's default value is ListFormatCharacter.Tab.

The property returns its default value when the text selection contains multiple paragraphs with mixed formatting characters or when the text selection does not contain a bulleted or a numbered list. The Selection.IsCommonValueSelected method can be used to check for mixed attributes.