CharacterStyle.Parent Property

Gets or sets the style form which the current style inherits.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

CharacterStyle Parent { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Parent As CharacterStyle

Property Value

Type	Description
CharacterStyle	A CharacterStyle object representing the parent style.

Remarks

When creating a new style, you do not have to specify all formatting properties. Instead you can specify the parent style and change only the required properties.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-richedit-document-api/CS/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/StylesActions.cs#L21

cstyle.Name = "MyCStyle";
cstyle.Parent = document.CharacterStyles["Default Paragraph Font"];
cstyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkOrange;

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/StylesActions.cs#L35

cstyle.Name = "MyCStyle";
cstyle.Parent = document.CharacterStyles["Default Paragraph Font"];
cstyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkOrange;

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Styles.cs#L21

cstyle.Name = "MyCStyle";
cstyle.Parent = document.CharacterStyles["Default Paragraph Font"];
cstyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkOrange;

VB.NET

wpf-richedit-document-api/VB/DXRichEditControlAPISample/CodeExamples/StylesActions.vb#L17

cstyle.Name = "MyCStyle"
cstyle.Parent = document.CharacterStyles("Default Paragraph Font")
cstyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkOrange

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/StylesActions.vb#L32

cstyle.Name = "MyCStyle"
cstyle.Parent = document.CharacterStyles("Default Paragraph Font")
cstyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkOrange

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/Styles.vb#L19

cstyle.Name = "MyCStyle"
cstyle.Parent = document.CharacterStyles("Default Paragraph Font")
cstyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkOrange