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Rich Text Editor Unsupported Features

This topic lists popular features available in common rich text editors (such as MS Word) that are not currently supported in the DevExpress ASP.NET Core RichEdit control.

Unsupported Content Elements

  • Comments
  • Track changes
  • Shapes
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • Formulas and charts
  • Fillable form
  • Continuous section break
  • Frames
  • Paragraph borders
  • Watermarks
  • Repetition of table headings on subsequent pages

Unsupported Features

  • Zoom
  • Right-to-left support
  • Styles customization
  • Themes

Unsupported Format

  • The DOC format is not supported. You can use third-party server libraries for conversion.

Non-Significant Whitespace Rendering

RichEdit treats all whitespace characters as significant. It displays every space exactly as it appears in the text stream.

In Microsoft Word, the application discards leading, trailing, or consecutive spaces by default. Word only displays these spaces if the text run contains the xml:space="preserve" attribute. Because of this difference, text in RichEdit may occupy more horizontal space or include more padding than the same content in Word.