BeforePagePaintEventArgs.Painter Property

Gets or sets the painter object which implements methods for drawing layout elements.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

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

Declaration

C#

public PagePainter Painter { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Painter As PagePainter

Property Value

Type	Description
PagePainter	A PagePainter class or its descendant.

Remarks

To implement custom drawing for layout elements, subclass the PagePainter type to override methods required to draw particular layout elements and use the Painter property to specify an instance of your class instead of the default painter.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-layout-api/CS/LayoutApiSimpleExample/Form1.cs#L126

{
    e.Painter = new MyLayoutPainter();
}

winforms-richedit-enable-line-numbering-and-count-document-rows/CS/LineNumberingExample/Form1.cs#L58

    customPagePainter.LineNumberPadding = 60;
    e.Painter = customPagePainter;
}

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-layout-api/VB/LayoutApiSimpleExample/Form1.vb#L103

Private Sub richEditControl1_BeforePagePaint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As BeforePagePaintEventArgs)
    e.Painter = New MyLayoutPainter()
End Sub

winforms-richedit-enable-line-numbering-and-count-document-rows/VB/LineNumberingExample/Form1.vb#L53

    customPagePainter.LineNumberPadding = 60
    e.Painter = customPagePainter
End Sub