EditPoint.PadToColumn(Int32) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: EnvDTE

Assembly:: EnvDTE.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

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Fills the current line in the buffer with empty characters (white space) to the given column.

public:
 void PadToColumn(int Column);

public:
 void PadToColumn(int Column);

void PadToColumn(int Column);

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(131)]
public void PadToColumn (int Column);

[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(131)>]
abstract member PadToColumn : int -> unit

Public Sub PadToColumn (Column As Integer)

Parameters

Column: Int32

Required. The number of columns to pad, starting at one.

Attributes: DispIdAttribute

Examples

Sub PadToColumnExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)  

    ' Create a new text file.  
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile()  

    ' Create an EditPoint at the start of the new file.  
    Dim doc As TextDocument = _  
        CType(dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument"), TextDocument)  
    Dim point As EditPoint = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint  
    Dim i As Integer  

    ' Insert 10 lines of text.  
    For i = 1 To 10  
        point.Insert("This is a test." & vbCrLf)  
    Next i  

    point.StartOfDocument()  

    ' Indent text to column 10.  
    For i = 1 To 10  
        point.PadToColumn(10)  
        point.LineDown()  
        point.StartOfLine()  
    Next  

End Sub

public void PadToColumnExample(DTE2 dte)  
{  
    // Create a new text file.  
    dte.ItemOperations.NewFile(@"General\Text File", "",   
        Constants.vsViewKindPrimary);  

    // Create an EditPoint at the start of the new file.  
    TextDocument doc =   
        (TextDocument)dte.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument");  
    EditPoint point = doc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();  

    // Insert 10 lines of text.  
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)  
        point.Insert("This is a test.\n");  

    point.StartOfDocument();  

    // Indent text to column 10.  
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)  
    {  
        point.PadToColumn(10);  
        point.LineDown(1);  
        point.StartOfLine();  
    }  
}

Remarks

PadToColumn inserts tabs and spaces, according to global settings, from the edit point's or selection's display column to the specified display column. If the edit point or active end of the selection already lies beyond the specified column, PadToColumn does nothing.

Applies to

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