RichEditControl.Text Property

Gets or sets the control’s content as a plain text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v22.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public override string Text { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Overrides Property Text As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string, containing the document’s unformatted text.

Remarks

Use the Text property to get the plain text displayed in the RichEditControl.

C#

richEditControl.Text = "Item 1\r\nItem 2\r\nItem 3\r\nItem 4\r\n";

VB.NET

richEditControl.Text = "Item 1" & vbCrLf & "Item 2" & vbCrLf & "Item 3" & vbCrLf & "Item 4" & vbCrLf

The RichEditControl.ContentChanged event fires when the document is loaded using the Text property.

Check the Text property value in the RichEditControl.DocumentLoaded event handler, i.e., when the document is fully loaded.

Use the following properties to retrieve text in other formats:

• RichEditControl.RtfText
• XtraForm.HtmlText
• RichEditControl.MhtText
• RichEditControl.OpenXmlBytes
• RichEditControl.DocBytes
• RichEditControl.OpenDocumentBytes
• RichEditControl.WordMLText