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VML Layout-Flow Attribute

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Determines the flow of the text layout in a textbox. Read/write. String.

Applies To

TextBox

Tag Syntax

<v: element style="layout-flow: expression ">

Remarks

Values include:

Value Description
horizontal Text is displayed horizontally. Default.
vertical Text is displayed vertically.
vertical-ideographic Ideographic text is displayed vertically.
horizontal-ideographic Ideographic text is displayed horizontally.

 

VML Standard Attribute

Example

The text flow in the textbox will flow vertically.

   <v:shape id="rect01"
   coordorigin="0 0" coordsize="200 200"
   strokecolor="red" fillcolor="red"
   style="top:1;left:1;width:50;height:50"
   path="m 1,1 l 1,200, 200,200, 200,1 x e">
   <textbox string="VML text" layout-flow="vertical"/>
   </v:shape>