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# TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.Layout

Controls the alignment of the edit control and its associate.

## Declaration

Source position: groupededit.pp line 263

`protected property TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.Layout : TLeftRight read FLayout write SetLayout default taLeftJustify;`

## Description

Layout is a TLeftRight property that determines the setting for the Align property in the BaseEditor and the Buddy controls. The default value for the property is taLeftJustify.

Changing the value in Layout cause the Align properties in the grouped controls to be set to the appropriate values. For example:

taLeftJustify
  Causes the Buddy control to be right aligned (opposite of the editor control).
taRightJustify
  Causes the Buddy control to be left aligned (opposite of the editor control).

## See also

TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.BaseEditor |  | Represents the control used as the editor for the value in the grouped edit control.
TCustomAbstractGroupedEdit.Buddy |  | Represents the associated TControl instance in the grouped edit control.