Tab Cells and Row Types
Tab Cells and Row Types
The tab settings for a shape's text are accessible from a program by section, row, and cell index. In Microsoft® Visio®, you can display and change tab settings by clicking Text on the Format menu, and then clicking Tabs or by using the Tabs section in the ShapeSheet® window.
Section index |
Row index |
Cell index |
visSectionTab |
visRowTab + i |
0 ... 180 |
The Tabs section contains a row for each set of tabs defined for the shape. Each row contains three cells for each tab stop defined in that row, up to 60 tab stops. Cells for the entire row are indexed starting with zero (0).
- The number of tab stops in a row is stored in cell visTabStopCount.
- The position of the jth tab stop (j>0) is stored in cell ((j-1)*3) + visTabPos.
- The alignment of the jth tab stop is stored in cell ((j-1)*3) + visTabAlign.
Tab stop |
Index |
Description |
0 |
Number of active tabs in the row |
|
1 |
1 |
Position of the first tab |
1 |
2 |
Alignment code for the first tab |
1 |
3 |
Reserved |
2 |
4 |
Position of the second tab |
2 |
5 |
Alignment code for the second tab |
2 |
6 |
Reserved |
… |
… |
… |
60 |
178 |
Position of the 60th tab |
60 |
179 |
Alignment code for the 60th tab |
60 |
180 |
Reserved |
The number of tabs that can be set depends on the tab row type. You can change the row type by setting the Shape object's RowType property for the tab section and row to one of the row tag constants in the following table.
Constant |
Description |
visTagTab0 |
Zero tab stops |
visTagTab2 |
Zero, one, or two tab stops |
visTagTab10 |
Zero to 10 tab stops |
visTagTab60 |
Zero to 60 tab stops |