SetTextDirection

SetTextDirection(sType)

Specifies the direction of the text flow for this table cell.

Parameters:

Name Type Description
sType "lrtb" | "tbrl" | "btlr"

The available types of the text direction in the table cell: "lrtb"

  • text direction left-to-right moving from top to bottom, "tbrl" - text direction top-to-bottom moving from right to left, "btlr" - text direction bottom-to-top moving from left to right.

Returns:

This method doesn't return any data.

Example

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builder.CreateFile("docx");
var oDocument = Api.GetDocument();
var oTableStyle = oDocument.CreateStyle("CustomTableStyle", "table");
oTableStyle.SetBasedOn(oDocument.GetStyle("Bordered"));
var oTable = Api.CreateTable(3, 3);
oTable.SetWidth("percent", 100);
var oTableRow = oTable.GetRow(0);
oTableRow.SetHeight("atLeast", 1440);
var oCell = oTable.GetRow(0).GetCell(0);
oCell.SetTextDirection("btlr");
var oParagraph = oCell.GetContent().GetElement(0);
oParagraph.AddText("btlr");
oCell = oTable.GetRow(0).GetCell(1);
oCell.SetTextDirection("tbrl");
oParagraph = oCell.GetContent().GetElement(0);
oParagraph.AddText("tbrl");
oCell = oTable.GetRow(1).GetCell(0);
oCell.SetTextDirection("lrtb");
oParagraph = oCell.GetContent().GetElement(0);
oParagraph.AddText("lrtb");
oTable.SetStyle(oTableStyle);
oDocument.Push(oTable);
builder.SaveFile("docx", "SetTextDirection.docx");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document