TagOpen property

Applies to

acInfoBox, acRichLabel, acFormHelp, acHeader, acHeaderPanel and acPicturePanel components as subproperty of TextStyle structure.

Declaration

property TagOpen: Char;

Description

The TagOpen property specifies the sign which marks the beginning of rich-text formatting area. The rich formatting tags of AppControls pack are similar to brackets "<>" of tags in HTML format. Default TagOpen value is "[" sign.

Examples of standard tags

[b] - makes text after this tag bold.

[i] - makes text after this tag italic

[biu] - makes text after this tag bold, italic and underlined.

[] - clears text formatting.

[red] - makes text after this tag red.

[lime] - makes text after this tag light green (lime).

[def] or [default] - returns the text formatting to default state as specified in Font property.

See also

TagClose and PlainText properties and example of using rich-formatting tags.