SetTabs

Specifies a sequence of custom tab stops which will be used for any tab characters in the current paragraph. -Warning: The lengths of aPos array and aVal array -MUST BE equal to each other.

Inherited from ApiParaPr.SetTabs.

Example

Set a sequence of custom tab stops which will be used for any tab characters in the paragraph in a PDF document.

// How to set the size of a spacing tabs from a paragraph properties in a PDF document.

// Change a tabs size property of a paragraph properties in a PDF document.

const doc = Api.GetDocument();
const page = doc.GetPage(0);

const gs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.RGB(255, 213, 191), 0);
const gs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.RGB(255, 111, 61), 100000);
const fill = Api.CreateRadialGradientFill([gs1, gs2]);
const stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
const shape = Api.CreateShape("flowChartMagneticTape", 150 * 36000, 65 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);

const docContent = shape.GetContent();
const paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
const paraPr = paragraph.GetParaPr();
paraPr.SetTabs([1440, 4320, 7200], ["left", "center", "right"]);
paragraph.AddTabStop();
paragraph.AddText("Custom tab - 1 inch left");
paragraph.AddLineBreak();
paragraph.AddTabStop();
paragraph.AddTabStop();
paragraph.AddText("Custom tab - 3 inches center");
paragraph.AddLineBreak();
paragraph.AddTabStop();
paragraph.AddTabStop();
paragraph.AddText("Custom tab - 5 inches right");
page.AddObject(shape);