RichEditControl.SelectionChanged Event

Fires in response to changing a selection in the document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public event EventHandler SelectionChanged

VB.NET

Public Event SelectionChanged As EventHandler

Event Data

The SelectionChanged event's data class is EventArgs.

Remarks

Use a SelectionChanged event handler to perform specific actions each time the end-user selects the text in a document.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-emulate-the-ms-word-status-bar/CS/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.cs#L20

InitializeComponent();
richEditControl1.SelectionChanged += richEditControl1_SelectionChanged;
richEditControl1.DocumentLayout.DocumentFormatted += DocumentLayout_DocumentFormatted;

winforms-rich-edit-implement-ms-office-word-format-painter/CS/DXApplication9/Form1.cs#L62

richEditControl.StartHeaderFooterEditing += richEditControl_StartHeaderFooterEditing;
richEditControl.SelectionChanged += richEditControl_SelectionChanged;
richEditControl.FinishHeaderFooterEditing += richEditControl_FinishHeaderFooterEditing;

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L302

richEditControl.Tag = buttonCustomAction;
richEditControl.SelectionChanged += richEditControl_SelectionChanged;
richEditControl.LoadDocument("Documents\\TableSampleDocument.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-emulate-the-ms-word-status-bar/VB/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.vb#L19

InitializeComponent()
AddHandler richEditControl1.SelectionChanged, AddressOf richEditControl1_SelectionChanged
AddHandler richEditControl1.DocumentLayout.DocumentFormatted, AddressOf DocumentLayout_DocumentFormatted

winforms-rich-edit-implement-ms-office-word-format-painter/VB/DXApplication9/Form1.vb#L58

AddHandler richEditControl.StartHeaderFooterEditing, AddressOf richEditControl_StartHeaderFooterEditing
AddHandler richEditControl.SelectionChanged, AddressOf richEditControl_SelectionChanged
AddHandler richEditControl.FinishHeaderFooterEditing, AddressOf richEditControl_FinishHeaderFooterEditing

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L309

richEditControl.Tag = buttonCustomAction
AddHandler richEditControl.SelectionChanged, AddressOf richEditControl_SelectionChanged
richEditControl.LoadDocument("Documents\TableSampleDocument.docx", DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)