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RichEditControl.AssignShortcutKeyToCommand(Keys, Keys, RichEditCommandId, RichEditViewType) Method

Assigns a shortcut key to a command. The shortcut key is available for the specified RichEditView.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.RichEdit, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap

Declaration

public void AssignShortcutKeyToCommand(
    Keys key,
    Keys modifier,
    RichEditCommandId commandId,
    RichEditViewType viewType
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
key Keys

A Keys enumeration member specifying a key to assign.

modifier Keys

A Keys enumeration member specifying a modifier key.

commandId RichEditCommandId

A RichEditCommandId enumeration member specifying a command.

viewType RichEditViewType

A RichEditView specifying the view in which a shortcut will be effective

Remarks

To remove a command shortcut, use the RichEditControl.RemoveShortcutKey method.

Example

The following code assigns Ctrl+G shortcut to ToggleShowWhitespaceCommand and removes predefined Ctrl+N shortcut so that it is no longer in use.

View Example

using System.Windows.Forms;

richEditControl.Text = "Use 'Ctrl+G' shortcut to show/hide whitespace characters";
richEditControl.Text += "\r\nYou can no longer use the 'Ctrl+N' shortcut to create a new document.";

richEditControl.AssignShortcutKeyToCommand(Keys.Control, Keys.G, RichEditCommandId.ToggleShowWhitespace);
richEditControl.RemoveShortcutKey(Keys.Control, Keys.N);
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