RichEditControl.Paste() Method

Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the selection.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public void Paste()

VB.NET

Public Sub Paste

Example

The following code pastes text from the system Clipboard into the current document position (the Document.CaretPosition). The current RichEditControl instance is passed to the BarItem.ItemClick event handler using the BarItem.Tag property.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/winforms-the-richeditcontrols-common-api-t210437

RichEditControlActions.cs

static void buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_PasteTextFromClipboard(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
    richEdit.Paste();
}

RichEditControlActions.vb

Private Shared Sub buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_PasteTextFromClipboard(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ItemClickEventArgs)
    Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
    richEdit.Paste()
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-the-richeditcontrols-common-api-t210437/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L158

    RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
    richEdit.Paste();
}

VB.NET

winforms-the-richeditcontrols-common-api-t210437/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L164

    Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
    richEdit.Paste()
End Sub