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Property (As TextAlignments )

aTextArea.SelectionAlignment = newTextAlignmentsValue
or
TextAlignmentsValue = aTextArea.SelectionAlignment

New in 2019r2

Supported for all project types and targets.

Controls paragraph alignment of the selected text.

Class Constants

The class constants and values are:

Value	Constant	Description
-1	None	Mixed - The selection spans multiple paragraphs with different alignments. Notes Use TextAlignments with this property. Examples This example sets the alignment of the selected paragraph in TextArea1 to centered: TextArea1.SelectionAlignment = TextAlignments.Center This example displays a dialog box if the selected paragraph is centered. If TextArea1.SelectionAlignment = TextAlignments.Center then MessageBox("The text is centered.") End If