Description

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

Syntax

public int RightIndent { get; set; }

Public Property RightIndent As Integer

Examples

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

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

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

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

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 right indents. The Selection.IsCommonValueSelected method can be used to check for mixed attributes.