RichEditBrush Class

Defines a brush for custom draw on the layout canvas. Brushes are used to fill graphics shapes and draw text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public class RichEditBrush :
    RichEditBrushBase

VB.NET

Public Class RichEditBrush
    Inherits RichEditBrushBase

Remarks

Create a new RichEditBrush instance and pass it as a parameter to one of the following methods:

• PageCanvas.DrawString
• PageCanvas.FillEllipse
• PageCanvas.FillRectangle

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

layout-api-simple-example-t245818/CS/LayoutApiSimpleExample/MyLayoutPainter.cs#L35

    Canvas.DrawEllipse(pEn, bounds);
    Canvas.DrawString("Approved", new Font("Courier New", 26), new RichEditBrush(Color.DarkMagenta), startPoint);
}

how-to-enable-line-numbering-and-count-the-document-rows-t531470/CS/LineNumberingExample/MyPagePainter.cs#L41

Rectangle lineNumberBounds = new Rectangle(new Point(-LineNumberPadding, 0), new Size(LineNumberPadding, pageArea.Bounds.Height));
Canvas.FillRectangle(new RichEditBrush(NumberingHighlightColor), lineNumberBounds);
base.DrawPageArea(pageArea);

how-to-display-specific-grayed-text-nulltext-in-richeditcontrol-when-a-document-is-empty-t430224/CS/RichNullText/Form1.cs#L44

if (control.Document.IsEmpty && !control.Focused)
    this.Canvas.DrawString("NullText", new Font("Calibri", 11), new RichEditBrush(Color.Gray), page.Bounds.Location);
base.DrawPage(page);

how-to-create-protected-ranges-in-a-document-depending-on-service-bookmarks-t466775/CS/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.cs#L107

if(protectedBookmark.Range.Start.ToInt() <= fixedRange.Start && protectedBookmark.Range.End.ToInt() >= (fixedRange.Start + fixedRange.Length)) {
    RichEditBrush richEditBrush = new RichEditBrush(Color.LightPink);
    Canvas.FillRectangle(richEditBrush, bounds);

VB.NET

layout-api-simple-example-t245818/VB/LayoutApiSimpleExample/MyLayoutPainter.vb#L31

    Canvas.DrawEllipse(pEn, bounds)
    Canvas.DrawString("Approved", New Font("Courier New", 26), New RichEditBrush(Color.DarkMagenta), startPoint)
Else

how-to-enable-line-numbering-and-count-the-document-rows-t531470/VB/LineNumberingExample/MyPagePainter.vb#L43

Dim lineNumberBounds As New Rectangle(New Point(-LineNumberPadding, 0), New Size(LineNumberPadding, pageArea.Bounds.Height))
Canvas.FillRectangle(New RichEditBrush(NumberingHighlightColor), lineNumberBounds)
MyBase.DrawPageArea(pageArea)

how-to-display-specific-grayed-text-nulltext-in-richeditcontrol-when-a-document-is-empty-t430224/VB/RichNullText/Form1.vb#L40

If control.Document.IsEmpty AndAlso (Not control.Focused) Then
    Me.Canvas.DrawString("NullText", New Font("Calibri", 11), New RichEditBrush(Color.Gray), page.Bounds.Location)
End If

how-to-create-protected-ranges-in-a-document-depending-on-service-bookmarks-t466775/VB/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.vb#L113

If protectedBookmark.Range.Start.ToInt() <= fixedRange.Start AndAlso protectedBookmark.Range.End.ToInt() >= (fixedRange.Start + fixedRange.Length) Then
    Dim richEditBrush As New RichEditBrush(Color.LightPink)
    Canvas.FillRectangle(richEditBrush, bounds)

Inheritance

Object

RichEditBrushBase

RichEditBrush