Alignment – PB Docs 2019

Alignment

property for PowerScript controls

Applies to

Controls that display text

Description

For most controls that display text, the alignment property
specifies the alignment of all the text in the control. Text can be
centered, left aligned, or right aligned.

For RichTextEdit controls, each paragraph has its own alignment
setting, including Center, Left, Right, and Justify.

Usage

In a painter

To specify text alignment for controls other than
RichTextEdit:

  • On the General page of the control’s Properties view, select an
    alignment from the Alignment drop-down list, or click the Left,
    Center, and Right alignment buttons in the StyleBar. Use the StyleBar
    to set the alignment for several selected objects at once.

To align text in paragraphs in RichTextEdit controls:

  1. Select text in the paragraphs to be aligned.

  2. Right-click on the selection to display the text object’s
    property sheet, and select the alignment setting.

To allow alignment at runtime (RichTextEdit only):

  • On the Document tab page of the control’s Properties view, check
    either the Toolbar or the PopMenu check box.

    At runtime, users select the text to align with the mouse and
    then right-click on the text to invoke a pop-up menu, or select an
    alignment button on the StyleBar.

In scripts

The datatype of the Alignment property is the Alignment enumerated
datatype. It has four values: Center!, Left!, and Right! apply to all
controls with text; Justify! applies only to RichTextEdit controls.

For example, the following line specifies center alignment for a
MultiLineEdit control:


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