Size of string in a richtextbox

[Torben Laursen]

I have a problem with showing text in a richtextbox
I want to show 3 columns of data and want them to be aligned.
I make sure each string for each column is the same length but since
different characters take up different space in the richtextbox
the columns look like a mess.
It there a simple method to get 2 string to takeup the same space in a
richtextbox?
Example:
Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)] -8.2602E-002
Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)] 3.0876E+000

The text is first column and the numbers are the second column

Thanks Torben

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Torben,

Well, you could use a fixed-width font. That will ensure that you can
use spaces to line up the content. Otherwise, you will have to position the
separate elements yourself.

 

[rossum]

I have a problem with showing text in a richtextbox
I want to show 3 columns of data and want them to be aligned.
I make sure each string for each column is the same length but since
different characters take up different space in the richtextbox
the columns look like a mess.
It there a simple method to get 2 string to takeup the same space in a
richtextbox?
Example:
Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)] -8.2602E-002
Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)] 3.0876E+000

The text is first column and the numbers are the second column

Thanks Torben

Have you tried using tabs '\t'?

string firstLine = "Entropy [kJ/(Kg Kelvin)]\t\t-8.2602E-002";
string secondLine = "Heat capacity (Cp) [kJ/(kelvin kg)]\t " +
3.0876E+000";
richTextBox1.Text = firstLine + Environment.NewLine +
secondLine + Environment.NewLine;

rossum