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Property (As Integer )

aTextArea.SelAlignment = newIntegerValue
or
IntegerValue = aTextArea.SelAlignment

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.
0	AlignDefault	Default alignment. Currently, this is the same as left alignment.
1	AlignLeft	Left aligned.
2	AlignCenter	Centered.
3	AlignRight	Right aligned.

Examples

This example sets the alignment of the selected paragraph in TextArea1 to centered:

TextArea1.SelAlignment = TextArea.AlignCenter

This example displays a dialog box if the selected paragraph is centered.

If TextArea1.SelAlignment = TextArea.AlignCenter then
MsgBox("The text is centered.")
End If