Meziantou.Framework

PdfTextReadingOrder Enum

Namespace
Meziantou.Framework.Pdf
Assembly
Meziantou.Framework.Pdf.dll
Package
Meziantou.Framework.Pdf 1.0.7
Available in package assets
net10.0net11.0

The order of the lines of the text extracted from a page (see PdfTextExtractionOptions.ReadingOrder).

public enum PdfTextReadingOrder

Fields

NameValueDescription
Content0The order of the content: the lines are in the order the page paints them.
Layout1The order of the layout: the text is split into blocks at the blank spaces of the page, such as the gutter between two columns or the gap between two paragraphs (a recursive XY-cut of the boxes of the text). The blocks are read from top to bottom, the columns from left to right, and the lines of a block from top to bottom.