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# TabPosition Object (ITabPosition Interface)

This object provides access to a single tab stop: the tab symbol, its alignment, and position in the paragraph.

## Properties

| Name          | Type                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Description                                                                                                                      |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Application   | [Engine](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/engine-object-iengine-interface), [read-only](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties#readonly_properties) | Returns the Engine object.                                                                                                       |
| Alignment     | [ParagraphTabAlignmentEnum](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/enumerations/paragraphtabalignmentenum), read-only                                                                                              | Stores the alignment of the tab stop.                                                                                            |
| Position      | [int](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties), read-only                                                                                             | Stores the position of the tab stop, counted from the left border of the paragraph in hundredth parts of point (point is 1/72"). |
| TabLeaderType | [TabLeaderTypeEnum](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/enumerations/tableadertypeenum), read-only                                                                                                              | Stores the type of tab symbol.                                                                                                   |

## Related objects

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/abbyy/i-EfCQVmseNiPQcp/images/fine-reader/engine/tabposition.gif?s=a7b00b504068b92d389228dbdf7e68ef" alt="TabPosition" width="128" height="90" data-path="images/fine-reader/engine/tabposition.gif" />[](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/element-property)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/tabpositions)[](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph)

[Object Diagram](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/object-diagram)

## Output parameter

This object is the output parameter of the [Item](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/supplementary-objects/spellwordcollection/item-method), [AddNew](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/tabpositions/addnew-method) methods of the [TabPositions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/tabpositions) object.

## Input parameter

This object is passed as an input parameter to the [InsertTab](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph/inserttab-method) method of the [Paragraph](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/paragraph) object.

## See also

[TabPositions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/text-related-objects/tabpositions)

[Working with Properties](/fine-reader/engine/guided-tour/advanced-techniques/programming-aspects/working-with-properties)