Description

Gets or sets an array containing the tab leaders in a paragraph. A tab leader defines how a tab gap is filled.

Syntax

public TabLeader[] TabLeaders { get; set; }

Public Property TabLeaders As TabLeader()

Members

Value	Description
None	The tab gap is not filled.
Period	The tab gap is filled with periods.
Dot	The tab gap is filled with dots.
Dash	The tab gap is filled with dashes.
Underline	The tab gap is underlined.

Examples

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

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

paragraphFormat.TabLeaders = new TabLeader[] { TabLeader.Period };
if (paragraphFormat.TabLeaders != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Paragraph Format: Tab Leaders is available.");
}

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.TabLeaders = New TabLeader() { TabLeader.Period }
If paragraphFormat.TabLeaders IsNot Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("Paragraph Format: Tab Leaders is available.")
End If

textControl.Selection.ParagraphFormat = paragraphFormat

Limitations

The maximum number of tabs in a parapgraph is 14.

Remarks

The default type is TabLeader.None.

The property returns an array with common values when the text selection contains multiple paragraphs with mixed types. If the selection contains different tab leaders, the Selection.IsCommonValueSelected method returns false.