Left Property

Available with host type: A M V

Applies To Objects: Area, Session

Description

For the Area object, the Left property returns or sets the screen column where the area begins. For the Session object, the Left property returns or sets the horizontal position of the session, in pixels. Read-write.

Syntax: object.Left

Element

Description

object

The Area or Session object.

Comments

Depending on the object, the Left property has different meanings.

Object

Meaning

Area

The column where the area starts, expressed as an integer.

Session

The number of pixels between the left edge of the session window and the left edge of the screen.

For the Area object, you can set the Left property to shrink or expand the object. For example, if you initially defined an area with a left column of two, you can set the left column to four, thereby shrinking the size of the area. You can also adjust the size of the Area object with the Bottom, Top, and Right properties.

For the Session object, you can set the Left property to change a session window's horizontal position on the screen. To change a session window's vertical position, set the Top property.