Alignment Property

Client support

   Newlook Smartclient

   Newlook Server

Skin limitations

None. Supported in both Material and Classic skin.

Use

The Alignment property is used to determine how text will be aligned within the text portion of the control once the user has exited the control.

Settings

The following constants can be used anywhere in macros or scripts in place of the actual values.

If you are retrieving the value of a property or parameter, scripts or macros will return the integer value, whereas Inspector will display the constant equivalent.

KEEP IN MIND:

When using constants in the script editor, each constant must be prefaced by nl.

The available settings for value for these controls are :

Constant (Macro editor)	Constant (Script Editor)	Value	Description
AlignLeft	nlAlignLeft	0	(Default for inserted controls) Text is left aligned.
AlignRight	nlAlignRight	6	Text is right aligned.

For host generated controls, the default alignment is derived from the control's Format property, as determined by the recognition engine. If the control is recognized as a NumShift, NumOnly, DigitsOnly or SignedNum field, then its alignment will default to AlignRight. For all other format settings, the alignment property will default to AlignLeft.

Client support

   Newlook Smartclient

   Newlook Server

Skin limitations

None. Supported in both Material and Classic skin.

Use

The Alignment property is used to determine how caption text will be aligned within the control.

From version 11.1 onwards (for command buttons only where Picture or HoverPicture is also specified) the Alignment property is used to set the alignment of both the caption and picture, which are treated as one visual entity. For example, if a command button's Alignment is set to AlignBottomLeft, and the PictureAlignment property is set to PicAlignRight, then the image will be positioned to the right of the caption, and then the block that consists of the caption and image will be positioned in the bottom left of the control.

Settings

The following constants can be used anywhere in macros or scripts in place of the actual values.

If you are retrieving the value of a property or parameter, scripts or macros will return the integer value, whereas Inspector will display the constant equivalent.

KEEP IN MIND:

When using constants in the script editor, each constant must be prefaced by nl.

The available settings for value for these controls are :

Constant (Macro Editor)	Constant (Script Editor)	Value	Description
AlignTopLeft	nlAlignTopLeft	0	Text is left aligned at the top of the control.
AlignTopCenter	nlAlignTopCenter	1	Text is centered at the top of the control.
AlignTopRight	nlAlignTopRight	2	Text is right aligned at the top of the control.
AlignLeft	nlAlignLeft	4	(Default for label) Text is left aligned in the middle of the control.
AlignCenter	nlAlignCenter	5	(Default for command button) Text is centered in the middle of the control.
AlignRight	nlAlignRight	6	Text is right aligned in the middle of the control.
AlignBottomLeft	nlAlignBottomLeft	7	Text is left aligned at the bottom of the control.
AlignBottomCenter	nlAlignBottomCenter	8	Text is centered at the bottom of the control.
AlignBottomRight	nlAlignBottomRight	9	Text is right aligned at the bottom of the control.
AlignNumeric	nlAlignNumeric	3	Text is aligned according to the position of the decimal point.

TIP

The AlignNumeric value is only appropriate for host-generated controls where the field content is numeric. In all other cases, AlignNumeric behaves the same way as AlignTopLeft.

Client support

   Newlook Smartclient

   Newlook Server

Skin limitations

None. Supported in both Material and Classic skin.

Use

The Alignment property is used to determine how text will be aligned within the column.

Settings

The following constants can be used anywhere in macros or scripts in place of the actual values.

If you are retrieving the value of a property or parameter, scripts or macros will return the integer value, whereas Inspector will display the constant equivalent.

KEEP IN MIND:

When using constants in the script editor, each constant must be prefaced by nl.

The available settings for value for these controls are :

Constant (Macro Editor)	Constant (Script Editor)	Value	Description
AlignLeft	nlAlignLeft	0	(Default) Text is left aligned in the cell.
AlignRight	nlAlignRight	6	Text is right aligned in the cell.
AlignCenter	nlAlignCenter	5	Text is centered in the middle of the cell.

 

Client support

   Newlook Smartclient only.

Skin limitations

None. Supported in both Material and Classic skin.

Use

The Alignment property is used to determine how text will be aligned within the list view column's header.

Settings

The following constants can be used anywhere in macros or scripts in place of the actual values.

If you are retrieving the value of a property or parameter, scripts or macros will return the integer value, whereas Inspector will display the constant equivalent.

KEEP IN MIND:

When using constants in the script editor, each constant must be prefaced by nl.

The available settings for value for these controls are :

Constant (Macro Editor)	Constant (Script Editor)	Value	Description
AlignLeft	nlAlignLeft	0	(Default) Text is left aligned in the column header.
AlignRight	nlAlignRight	6	Text is right aligned in the column header.
AlignCenter	nlAlignCenter	5	Text is centered in the middle of the column header.

 

Client support

   Newlook Smartclient only.

Note that the Alignment property is not supported for the Tab control in Newlook Server. Tab buttons will render across the top of the control, regardless of what this property is set to.

Skin limitations

Under the material skin, only the TabAlignTop and TabAlignBottom values are supported for this property.

Use

The Alignment property is used to determine how tabs will be aligned in the control.

Settings

The following constants can be used anywhere in macros or scripts in place of the actual values.

If you are retrieving the value of a property or parameter, scripts or macros will return the integer value, whereas Inspector will display the constant equivalent.

KEEP IN MIND:

When using constants in the script editor, each constant must be prefaced by nl.

The available settings for value are :

Constant (Macro Editor)	Constant (Script Editor)	Value	Description
TabAlignTop	nlTabAlignTop	0	(Default) Tabs are generated along the top of the Tab control.
TabAlignBottom	nlTabAlignBottom	1	Tabs are generated along the bottom of the Tab control. This setting is not supported in Newlook Server.
TabAlignLeft	nlTabAlignLeft	2	Tabs are generated along the left side of the Tab control. This setting is not supported in Newlook Server or the material skin - if .
TabAlignRight	nlTabAlignRight	3	Tabs are generated along the right side of the Tab control. This setting is not supported in Newlook Server or the material skin.