Description

Changes the writing direction of all selected paragraphs. When the direction of a paragraph is changed, this paragraph's alignment is toggled from left to right or from right to left. The alignment of centered and justified paragraphs is not changed. Left and right tabulators are also toggled.

Syntax

public bool ChangeDirection(Direction direction);

Public Function ChangeDirection(direction As Direction) As Boolean

Parameters

Parameter

Description

direction

Specifies the writing direction. It can be one of the Direction values:

Value	Meaning
LeftToRight	The writing direction is left to right, which means that blocks of text with left to right and right to left characters are ordered from left to right.
RightToLeft	The writing direction is right to left, which means that blocks of text with left to right and right to left characters are ordered from right to left.

Return Value

The return value is true, if at least one paragraph has been changed. Otherwise is is false.

Examples

The following example formats the heading of a short document by using Selection.ChangeDirection.

textControl.Text = "Quarterly results\nRevenue increased by 12%.";
textControl.Select(0, 17);
Selection selection = textControl.Selection;

if (selection.ChangeDirection(Direction.LeftToRight))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Change Direction completed successfully.");
}

textControl.Text = "Quarterly results" & vbCrLf & "Revenue increased by 12%."
textControl.Select(0, 17)
Dim selection As Selection = textControl.Selection

If selection.ChangeDirection(Direction.LeftToRight) Then
    Console.WriteLine("Change Direction completed successfully.")
End If