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TextSpan.BackgroundColor Property

Gets the background color of the text span’s characters.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.RichEdit.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor.RichEdit

#Declaration

C#
public Color? BackgroundColor { get; }

#Property Value

Type Description
Nullable<Color>

The background color or null for a variety of colors.

#Remarks

The highlight color overlaps the background color.

Use the ChangePropertiesAsync(Action<CharacterProperties>, CancellationToken) method to change the background color of a text span’s characters.

Razor
<DxRichEdit @ref="richEdit" />

@code {
    DxRichEdit richEdit;
    Document documentAPI;
    @* ... *@
    /* Surround the code that contains an asynchronous operation with a try-catch block to handle
    the OperationCanceledException. This exception is thrown when an asynchronous operation is canceled. */
        try {
            documentAPI = richEdit.DocumentAPI;
            TextSpan characters = await documentAPI.AddTextAsync("New Text");
            @* ... *@
            await characters.ChangePropertiesAsync(properties => {
                if (characters.BackgroundColor != System.Drawing.Color.AntiqueWhite)
                    properties.BackgroundColor = System.Drawing.Color.AntiqueWhite;
            });
            @* ... *@
        }
        catch (OperationCanceledException e) {
            Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(OperationCanceledException)} thrown with message: {e.Message}");
        }
}

#Implements

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