RichEditControl.DeselectAll() Method

Specifies that no content is selected in the control.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public void DeselectAll()

VB.NET

Public Sub DeselectAll

Example

The following code resets document selection and sets the caret to the end of the former selection.

The RichEditControl instance is passed to the BarItem.ItemClick event handler using the BarItem.Tag property.

View Example

RichEditControlActions.cs

static void buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_Deselect(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
    DocumentPosition endOfSelection = richEdit.Document.Selection.End;
    richEdit.DeselectAll();
    richEdit.Document.CaretPosition = endOfSelection;
}

RichEditControlActions.vb

Private Shared Sub buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_Deselect(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ItemClickEventArgs)
    Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
    Dim endOfSelection As DocumentPosition = richEdit.Document.Selection.End
    richEdit.DeselectAll()
    richEdit.Document.CaretPosition = endOfSelection
End Sub

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C#

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L439

DocumentPosition endOfSelection = richEdit.Document.Selection.End;
richEdit.DeselectAll();
richEdit.Document.CaretPosition = endOfSelection;

VB.NET

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L447

Dim endOfSelection As DocumentPosition = richEdit.Document.Selection.End
richEdit.DeselectAll()
richEdit.Document.CaretPosition = endOfSelection