RichEditControl.Text Property

Gets or sets the plain text content of the control.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Wpf.RichEdit, DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public string Text { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Text As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string, containing the document’s unformatted text.

Remarks

Use the SubDocument.Delete method with a SubDocument.Range as a parameter to clear the text of an existing document. This technique does not reset document properties. Use the RichEditControl.ClearUndo method to wipe off this operation’s trace so it cannot be undone, as follows:

C#

richEdit.Document.Delete(richEdit.Document.Range);
richEdit.ClearUndo();

VB.NET

richEdit.Document.Delete(richEdit.Document.Range)
richEdit.ClearUndo()

Assigning the Text property value results in a new loaded document that is imported from the plain text format. Check the Text property value when the RichEditControl.DocumentLoaded event handler, i.e. when the document is fully loaded.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-bind-commands-to-buttons/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L9

<Grid>
    <dxre:RichEditControl Margin="0,0,0,20" Name="reEditor" Text="reEditor"  />

how-to-customize-search-panel-by-using-the-layouthelper-class-e4008/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L10

                          Loaded="richEditControl1_Loaded"
                          Text="This is a test." />
</Grid>

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-implement-a-custom-command-and-bind-it-to-the-standard-bar-item-e3785/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L39

    <dxre:RichEditControl Name="richEditControl1" BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1, Mode=OneTime}"
        Text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat." />
</dxb:BarManager>

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-make-richeditcontrol-transparent-e4001/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L33

                  Loaded="richEditControl1_Loaded">
<dxre:RichEditControl.Text>
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.

C#

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-bind-commands-to-buttons/CS/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L36

    MessageBox.Show("Custom command is executed\r\nRichEditControl.Text: "
        + ((RichEditControl)parameter).Text, "MyCommand");
}

syntax-highlighting-for-c-and-vb-code-using-devexpress-codeparser-and-syntax-highlight-tokens/CS/SyntaxHighlightSimple/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L116

{
    string newText = syntaxEditor.Text;
    // Determine language by file extension.

VB.NET

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-bind-commands-to-buttons/VB/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L53

    If Not Equals(commandName, "MyCommand") Then Throw New System.ApplicationException("Unknown command")
    Call MessageBox.Show("Custom command is executed" & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbCrLf & "RichEditControl.Text: " & CType(parameter, RichEditControl).Text, "MyCommand")
End Sub

syntax-highlighting-for-c-and-vb-code-using-devexpress-codeparser-and-syntax-highlight-tokens/VB/SyntaxHighlightSimple/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L113

Public Sub Execute() Implements ISyntaxHighlightService.Execute
    Dim newText As String = syntaxEditor.Text
    ' Determine language by file extension.