TextEditCustomHighlightTextEventArgs.HighlightWords(String, Color, CompareOptions) Method

Highlights whole words using a custom foreground color.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public void HighlightWords(
    string text,
    Color foreColor,
    CompareOptions options = CompareOptions.IgnoreCase
)

VB.NET

Public Sub HighlightWords(
    text As String,
    foreColor As Color,
    options As CompareOptions = CompareOptions.IgnoreCase
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
text	String	The text of target words.
foreColor	Color	A custom foreground color used to paint the target words.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
options	CompareOptions	IgnoreCase	An object that specifies text comparison settings used to locate target words.

Remarks

The HighlightWords method locates all whole words that match the text parameter according to the options text comparison setting. The method then paints the found words with the foreColor color.

The following characters are considered word separators:

• Punctuation marks (see Char.IsSeparator)
• White space (see Char.IsWhiteSpace)
• Separator characters (see Char.IsSeparator)

Use the HighlightRanges methods to highlight or custom paint all occurencies of a sub-string, even if they are part of words.