TextSpan.ChangePropertiesAsync(Action<CharacterProperties>) Method

Sets the properties of the text span’s characters.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.RichEdit.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor.RichEdit

Declaration

public ValueTask<bool> ChangePropertiesAsync(
    Action<CharacterProperties> modifier
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
modifier	Action<CharacterProperties>	A delegate method that configures character properties.

Returns

Type	Description
ValueTask<Boolean>	A structure that stores an awaitable result of an asynchronous operation. The awaitable result is true if the operation ends successfully; otherwise, it is false.

Remarks

Pass a CharacterProperties object to the ChangePropertiesAsync(Action<CharacterProperties>) method to set properties of a text span’s characters. You can specify character properties manually or use the CopyFrom(TextSpan) method to copy properties from another text span’s characters.

<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 cancelled. */
        try {
            documentAPI = richEdit.DocumentAPI;
            @* ... *@
            TextSpan characters = await documentAPI.AddTextAsync("New Text");
            IReadOnlyList<Paragraph> paragraphs = await documentAPI.Paragraphs.GetAllAsync();
            foreach (Paragraph p in paragraphs) {
                TextSpan currentCharacters = await documentAPI.GetTextSpanAsync(p.Interval);
                await currentCharacters.ChangePropertiesAsync(properties => {
                    properties.CopyFrom(characters);
                });
            }
            @* ... *@
        }
        catch (OperationCanceledException e) {
            Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(OperationCanceledException)} thrown with message: {e.Message}");
        }
}