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HtmlTextWriter::OutputTabs Method

Writes a series of tab strings that represent the indentation level for a line of markup characters.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

protected:
virtual void OutputTabs()

The OutputTabs method uses the Indent property to determine how many tab strings to write to obtain the desired indentation.

The tab string is specified with the HtmlTextWriter constructor. If no tab string is specified, the DefaultTabString constant (\t) is used.

The following code example shows how to override the OutputTabs method in a class that is derived from the HtmlTextWriter class. The OutputTabs override always uses the DefaultTabString constant to perform the indentation.


// Override the OutputTabs method to set the tab to
// the number of spaces defined by the Indent variable.
virtual void OutputTabs() override
{

   // Output the DefaultTabString for the number
   // of times specified in the Indent property.
   for ( int i = 0; i < Indent; i++ )
      Write( DefaultTabString );
   __super::OutputTabs();
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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