# SectionFormat.BreakKind Property

> Gets or sets the kind of the section break the section starts with. The property's value is a member of the SectionBreakKind enumeration.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 14.0
- **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 > SectionFormat.BreakKind Property
- **536 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/sectionformat/breakkind-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/sectionformat/breakkind-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/sectionformat/breakkind-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the kind of the section break the section starts with. The property's value is a member of the [SectionBreakKind](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/sectionbreakkind/enumeration/llms-full.txt) enumeration.

### Syntax

```csharp
public SectionBreakKind BreakKind { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property BreakKind As SectionBreakKind
```

### Members

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| BeginAtNewLine | The section begins on the next line with a new paragraph. |
| BeginAtNewPage | The section begins on the next page with a new paragraph. |

### Examples

The following example configures the layout of the first document section by using `SectionFormat.BreakKind`.

```csharp
SectionFormat sectionFormat = textControl.Sections[1].Format;

sectionFormat.BreakKind = SectionBreakKind.BeginAtNewLine;
Console.WriteLine($"Break Kind used by Section Format: {sectionFormat.BreakKind}");
```

```vbnet
Dim sectionFormat As SectionFormat = textControl.Sections(1).Format

sectionFormat.BreakKind = SectionBreakKind.BeginAtNewLine
Console.WriteLine($"Break Kind used by Section Format: {sectionFormat.BreakKind}")
```

### Remarks

The property's default value is SectionBreakKind.BeginAtNewPage.

The property returns its default value when the text selection contains multiple sections with mixed alignment. The [Selection.IsCommonValueSelected](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol/selection/iscommonvalueselected-method/llms-full.txt) method can be used to check for mixed attributes.

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