# ParagraphStyle.FollowingStyle Property

> Gets or sets the name of the style that TextControl automatically selects for the following paragraph after the user has pressed the ENTER key.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 10.1
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl > ParagraphStyle.FollowingStyle Property
- **524 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraphstyle/followingstyle-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraphstyle/followingstyle-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraphstyle/followingstyle-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the name of the style that TextControl automatically selects for the following paragraph after the user has pressed the ENTER key.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string FollowingStyle { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property FollowingStyle As String
```

### Examples

The following example creates and configures a reusable paragraph style for the document by using `ParagraphStyle.FollowingStyle`.

```csharp
ParagraphStyle paragraphStyle = new("ReportHeading");
textControl.ParagraphStyles.Add(paragraphStyle);

paragraphStyle.FollowingStyle = "Quarterly report";
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(paragraphStyle.FollowingStyle))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Following Style: {paragraphStyle.FollowingStyle}");
}
```

```vbnet
Dim paragraphStyle As New ParagraphStyle("ReportHeading")
textControl.ParagraphStyles.Add(paragraphStyle)

paragraphStyle.FollowingStyle = "Quarterly report"
If Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(paragraphStyle.FollowingStyle) Then
    Console.WriteLine($"Following Style: {paragraphStyle.FollowingStyle}")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ParagraphStyle Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraphstyle/constructor/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [ParagraphStyle.ListFormat Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/paragraphstyle/listformat-property/llms-full.txt)