absolute_horizontal_distance property

Table.absolute_horizontal_distance property

Gets or sets absolute horizontal floating table position specified by the table properties, in points. Default value is 0.

@property
def absolute_horizontal_distance(self) -> float:
    ...

@absolute_horizontal_distance.setter
def absolute_horizontal_distance(self, value: float):
    ...

Examples

Shows how set the location of floating tables.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
table = builder.start_table()
builder.insert_cell()
builder.write('Table 1, cell 1')
builder.end_table()
table.preferred_width = aw.tables.PreferredWidth.from_points(300)
# Set the table's location to a place on the page, such as, in this case, the bottom right corner.
table.relative_vertical_alignment = aw.drawing.VerticalAlignment.BOTTOM
table.relative_horizontal_alignment = aw.drawing.HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT
table = builder.start_table()
builder.insert_cell()
builder.write('Table 2, cell 1')
builder.end_table()
table.preferred_width = aw.tables.PreferredWidth.from_points(300)
# We can also set a horizontal and vertical offset in points from the paragraph's location where we inserted the table.
table.absolute_vertical_distance = 50
table.absolute_horizontal_distance = 100
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Table.ChangeFloatingTableProperties.docx')

See Also

Table constructor Table.absolute_vertical_distance property