HorizontalAlignment (Property)

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Horizontal alignment and text not entirely displayed in the control
Vertical alignment
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HorizontalAlignment (Property)

In french: CadrageHorizontal

The horizontal alignment of a control consists in defining the position of the text in the control in relation to the borders of the control. This allows you to center the content of a Static control in relation to the control borders.

Several alignments are available:

alignment to left
alignment to right
centered
justified

The HorizontalAlignment property is used to get and change the horizontal alignment of a control.

The initial alignment of control is defined in the editor during the control description.

Example

// If the control is left-aligned, align it to right
IF STC_Static1.HorizontalAlignment = haLeft THEN
STC_Static1.HorizontalAlignment = haRight
END

Syntax

Finding out the horizontal alignment of a control Hide the details

<Current alignment>.HorizontalAlignment = <Control used>

<Current alignment>: Integer constant

Current horizontal alignment of control. The possible values are:
haCenter The text is centered.
haJustified The text is justified.
haLeft The text is aligned to the left.
haNotDefined Alignment defined by the CSS inheritance.
This constant is available in WEBDEV only.
haRight The text is aligned to the right.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used.

Modifying the horizontal alignment of a control Hide the details

<Control used>.HorizontalAlignment = <New alignment>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used.

<New alignment>: Integer constant

New horizontal alignment of the control. The possible values are:
haCenter The text is centered.
haJustified The text is justified.
haLeft The text is aligned to the left.
haNotDefined Alignment defined by the CSS inheritance.
This constant is available in WEBDEV only.
haRight The text is aligned to the right.

Remarks

Horizontal alignment and text not entirely displayed in the control

The following information is displayed if the text cannot be entirely displayed in the control:

In the report editor, the left part of the text is displayed.
In the window editor:
- in a static control, the right part of text is displayed.
- in an edit control, the left part of text is displayed.

Vertical alignment

To define the vertical alignment of the control, use the VerticalAlignment property.

Limitation

In a window, the HorizontalAlignment property is used to get and change the horizontal alignment for the following types of controls:

Static control
Edit control
Combo Box (editable or not)
Check Box / Radio Button
List Box
ListView
Image
Column in a table and column in a TreeView Table
Cell in a status bar
Bar code
Chart
Progress Bar. The property is used to find out and modify the horizontal alignment for the percentage of progress displayed in the progress bar.
Rating control
Organization Chart

In a page, the HorizontalAlignment property is used to get and change the horizontal alignment for the following types of controls:

Static, HTML static
Edit control
Button
Check Box / Radio Button
Table, table column
Treeview table, column in TreeView Table
Table cell (read-only)
Formatted control
List box, Combo box
Looper
HTML control
Link
Pager
Breadcrumb
TreeView

In a PHP page, the HorizontalAlignment property is used to get and change the horizontal alignment for the following types of controls:

Static, HTML static
Edit control
Button
Check Box / Radio Button
Table, table column
Treeview table, column in TreeView Table
Formatted control
List box, Combo box
Looper
HTML control
Link
Pager
TreeView

In a report, the HorizontalAlignment property is used to get and change the horizontal alignment for the following types of controls:

Static control.
Calculated control.
Preset control.
Chart control.
Groups of controls. This property will only apply to controls that support horizontal alignment.

The HorizontalAlignment property applies only to the following controls:

Static control.
Edit control.
Image.
Check Box.
Radio Button.
List Box.
Combo Box.
Table column (text, combo box or check box).

The HorizontalAlignment property can be used on table columns.

The HorizontalAlignment property can be used on Static controls.