How to: Register Custom Control to Enable Spell Checking

• Mar 14, 2021

The following example describes how to implement the spell checker in custom or standard text controls (TextBox or RichTextBox).

Register Standard Text Control

1. In XAML, configure the text control’s DXSpellChecker behavior.

   XAML

   xmlns:mvvm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/mvvm"
   xmlns:dxsch="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/spellchecker">
   <TextBox TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="TextBox" Grid.Column="1">            
               <mvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
                   <dxsch:DXSpellChecker CheckAsYouType="True" ShowSpellCheckMenu="True" Culture="en-US"/>
               </mvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
   </TextBox>
   

2. In code-behind, register the control by calling the SpellingSettings.RegisterTextControl method.

   C#

   SpellingSettings.RegisterTextControl(typeof(TextBox));
   

   VB.NET

   SpellingSettings.RegisterTextControl(GetType(TextBox))
   

Register the RichEditControl descendant

1. In XAML, configure the custom control’s RichEditSpellChecker behavior.

   XAML

   xmlns:mvvm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/mvvm"
   xmlns:dxsch="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/spellchecker">
     <mvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
         <dxsch:RichEditSpellChecker CheckAsYouType="True" ShowSpellCheckMenu="True" Culture="en-US"/>
     </mvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
   

2. To enable the Spelling dialog for the custom control, call the SpellCheckTextControllersManager.Default.RegisterClass method. This method requires the DevExpress.XtraSpellChecker.Native namespace reference. Call the SpellCheckTextBoxBaseFinderManager.Default.UnregisterClass method to disable spelling check.

   C#

   using DevExpress.XtraSpellChecker.Native;
   //...
   
   SpellCheckTextControllersManager.Default.RegisterClass(typeof(MyRichEditControl), typeof(DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.SpellChecker.RichEditSpellCheckController));
   

   VB.NET

   Imports DevExpress.XtraSpellChecker.Native
   '...
   
   SpellCheckTextControllersManager.Default.RegisterClass(GetType(MyRichEditControl),GetType(DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.SpellChecker.RichEditSpellCheckController))