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RichTextString Class

Rich formatted text in a cell.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

public class RichTextString :
    IEquatable<RichTextString>

The following members return RichTextString objects:

Remarks

A cell in a worksheet may contain rich formatted text specified by the RichTextString object. Such rich text represents a cell text divided into one or more text regions (so-called text runs), each with its own set of font characteristics. An individual text run is defined by the RichTextRun object and is stored in the RichTextString.Runs collection.

Spreadsheet_RichText

To apply rich formatting to the cell text, do one of the following:

Pass the RichTextString instance to the CellRange.SetRichText method to assign the specified rich text to a cell.

Use the CellRange.HasRichText property to check whether a cell contains rich formatted text. To retrieve rich text from a cell, use the CellRange.GetRichText method.

For more information on how to apply different fonts to specific regions of the cell text, refer to the How to: Apply Rich Formatting to Cell Text example.

Example

// Create a RichTextString instance.
RichTextString richText = new RichTextString();

// Specify the cell text.
richText.Text = "Rich text formatting";
// Change font characteristics of the first word.
richText.Characters(0, 4).SetFont(new RichTextRunFont("Calibri", 12, System.Drawing.Color.Red));

// Assign the rich formatted text to the cell B2.
worksheet["B2"].SetRichText(richText);

Inheritance

Object
RichTextString
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