SearchFormShowingEventArgs.ControllerParameters Property

Gets the information for initializing the Find and Replace dialog controls.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public SearchFormControllerParameters ControllerParameters { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property ControllerParameters As SearchFormControllerParameters

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchFormControllerParameters	A DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchFormControllerParameters object containing information to be displayed in the form.

Example

This example demonstrates how to replace the standard Find and Replace dialog with a custom one via the RichEditControl.SearchFormShowing event.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-customize-dialog-forms-in-xtrarichedit-suite-e3095

Form1.cs

private void richEditControl1_SearchFormShowing(object sender, SearchFormShowingEventArgs e)
{
    string curWord = richEditControl1.Document.GetText(richEditControl1.Document.Selection);
    MySearchTextForm form = new MySearchTextForm(e.ControllerParameters, curWord);
    e.DialogResult = form.ShowDialog();
    e.Handled = true;
}

MySearchForm.cs

using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms;

namespace CustomDialogs
{
    public partial class MySearchTextForm : SearchTextForm
    {
        public MySearchTextForm(SearchFormControllerParameters controllerParameters, string searchWord)
            : base(controllerParameters)
        {
            lblFndDirection.Location = new Point (lblFndDirection.Location.X - 10, lblFndDirection.Location.Y);
            lblFndDirection.Text = "Direction:";
            cbFndSearchString.Text = searchWord;
            chbFndRegex.Enabled = false;
        }

    }
}

MySearchForm.vb

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms

Namespace CustomDialogs
    Partial Public Class MySearchTextForm
        Inherits SearchTextForm
        Public Sub New(ByVal controllerParameters As SearchFormControllerParameters, ByVal searchWord As String)
            MyBase.New(controllerParameters)
            lblFndDirection.Location = New Point (lblFndDirection.Location.X - 10, lblFndDirection.Location.Y)
            lblFndDirection.Text = "Direction:"
            cbFndSearchString.Text = searchWord
            chbFndRegex.Enabled = False
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Form1.vb

Private Sub richEditControl1_SearchFormShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SearchFormShowingEventArgs) Handles richEditControl1.SearchFormShowing
    Dim curWord As String = richEditControl1.Document.GetText(richEditControl1.Document.Selection)
    Dim form As New MySearchTextForm(e.ControllerParameters, curWord)
    e.DialogResult = form.ShowDialog()
    e.Handled = True
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-customize-dialog-forms-in-xtrarichedit-suite-e3095/CS/CustomDialogs/Form1.cs#L23

string curWord = richEditControl1.Document.GetText(richEditControl1.Document.Selection);
MySearchTextForm form = new MySearchTextForm(e.ControllerParameters, curWord);
e.DialogResult = form.ShowDialog();

how-to-highlight-all-found-word-entries-in-a-document-t202228/CS/RichEdit/Form1.cs#L23

e.Handled = true;
CustomSearchForm form = new CustomSearchForm(e.ControllerParameters);
e.DialogResult = form.ShowDialog();

VB.NET

how-to-customize-dialog-forms-in-xtrarichedit-suite-e3095/VB/CustomDialogs/Form1.vb#L21

Dim curWord As String = richEditControl1.Document.GetText(richEditControl1.Document.Selection)
Dim form As New MySearchTextForm(e.ControllerParameters, curWord)
e.DialogResult = form.ShowDialog()

how-to-highlight-all-found-word-entries-in-a-document-t202228/VB/RichEdit/Form1.vb#L25

e.Handled = True
Dim form As New CustomSearchForm(e.ControllerParameters)
e.DialogResult = form.ShowDialog()