RichEditControl.ActiveView Property

Gets the View currently used in the RichEditControl to display the document.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

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

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public RichEditView ActiveView { get; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public ReadOnly Property ActiveView As RichEditView

Property Value

Type	Description
RichEditView	A RichEditView class instance that is the current view.

Remarks

The RichEditControl.ActiveView property provides access to the currently active view. The returned RichEditView object options allow you to customize the target view.

C#

richEditControl1.ActiveView.AllowDisplayLineNumbers = true;
richEditControl1.ActiveView.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Beige;

VB.NET

richEditControl1.ActiveView.AllowDisplayLineNumbers = True
richEditControl1.ActiveView.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Beige

Use the RichEditControl.ActiveViewType property to change the View. End users can change the current view using the Document Views buttons on the View ribbon tab.

These buttons execute the following commands:

• SwitchToDraftViewCommand;
• SwitchToPrintLayoutViewCommand;
• SwitchToSimpleViewCommand

The RichEditControl.ActiveViewChanged event is raised when the active view changes.