Description

Gets or sets the distance, in twips, for the hanging indent. A negative value indicates an additional indent of the paragraph's first line.

Syntax

public int HangingIndent { get; set; }

Public Property HangingIndent As Integer

Examples

The following example applies paragraph layout to selected report text by using ParagraphFormat.HangingIndent.

textControl.Text = "First item\nSecond item\nThird item";
textControl.Select(0, textControl.Text.Length);
ParagraphFormat paragraphFormat = textControl.Selection.ParagraphFormat;

paragraphFormat.HangingIndent = 720;
Console.WriteLine($"Hanging Indent used by Paragraph Format: {paragraphFormat.HangingIndent}");

textControl.Selection.ParagraphFormat = paragraphFormat;

textControl.Text = "First item" & vbCrLf & "Second item" & vbCrLf & "Third item"
textControl.Select(0, textControl.Text.Length)
Dim paragraphFormat As ParagraphFormat = textControl.Selection.ParagraphFormat

paragraphFormat.HangingIndent = 720
Console.WriteLine($"Hanging Indent used by Paragraph Format: {paragraphFormat.HangingIndent}")

textControl.Selection.ParagraphFormat = paragraphFormat

Remarks

The property's default value is 0.

The property returns its default value when the text selection contains multiple paragraphs with mixed hanging indents. The Selection.IsCommonValueSelected method can be used to check for mixed attributes.