Description

Gets or sets the distance, in twips, between the left edge of the Text Control and the left edge of the text.

Syntax

public int LeftIndent { get; set; }

Public Property LeftIndent As Integer

Examples

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

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

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

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

textControl.Selection.ParagraphFormat = paragraphFormat

Remarks

The property's default value is zero.

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