CommentOptions.Visibility Property

Specifies the visibility mode of a document comment.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(RichEditCommentVisibility.Auto)]
public RichEditCommentVisibility Visibility { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(RichEditCommentVisibility.Auto)>
Public Property Visibility As RichEditCommentVisibility

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
RichEditCommentVisibility	Auto	A RichEditCommentVisibility enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
Auto	Comment visibility is determined automatically.
Visible	Comments are always visible.
Hidden	Comments are always hidden.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to Visibility
AnnotationOptions	.Comments .Visibility
RichEditControlOptionsBase	.Comments .Visibility

Remarks

When the CommentOptions.Visibility is set to RichEditCommentVisibility.Visible, the comment balloons are displayed and document ranges are highlighted. You can hide comments and highlight commented ranges by setting the Visibility to Hidden and the CommentOptions.HighlightCommentedRange option - to true. Note that the Visibility property value changes to Visible after adding a new comment.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-document-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/DisplayResultControl.cs#L20

InitializeComponent();
richEditControl1.Options.Comments.Visibility = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditCommentVisibility.Hidden;
richEditControl1.Options.Comments.ShowAllAuthors = true;

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-document-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/DisplayResultControl.vb#L14

InitializeComponent()
richEditControl1.Options.Comments.Visibility = RichEditCommentVisibility.Hidden
richEditControl1.Options.Comments.ShowAllAuthors = True