RichEditControl.Text Property

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v20.2.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

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-the-richeditcontrols-common-api-t210437/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L20

buttonCustomAction.Tag = richEditControl;
richEditControl.Text = "Click the 'Custom Action' button located in the ribbon to invoke the 'Find and Replace' dialog switched to the 'Find' tab and with the 'test' word used for search";
#endregion #ShowSearchFormMethod

rich-text-editor-highlight-syntax/CS/SyntaxHighlightSimple/Form1.cs#L107

{
    string newText = syntaxEditor.Text;
    // Determine language by file extension.

syntax-highlighting-html-markup-using-devexpress-codeparser-library-and-syntax-highlight-tok-e5032/CS/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.cs#L22

    server.Text = "some HTML text";
    richEditControl1.Text = server.HtmlText;
}

how-to-integrate-spellchecker-menu-items-into-the-xtrarichedit-context-menu-e1758/CS/RichEditPopupMenu/Form1.cs#L116

this.richEditControl1.Text = @"Accordnig to an englnsih unviersitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a word dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's imporantt is that the frsit and last ltteer of eevry word is in the crrecot psoition. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to read the txet withuot dificultfiy.";
this.labelControl1.Text = "Right-click a misspelled word for a context menu containing a list of suggested replacements";

how-to-adjust-left-padding-of-a-document-in-richeditcontrol-e3781/CS/Form1.cs#L19

    richEditControl1.Text = "Test";
}

VB.NET

winforms-the-richeditcontrols-common-api-t210437/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L22

            buttonCustomAction.Tag = richEditControl
            richEditControl.Text = "Click the 'Custom Action' button located on the RibbonControl to invoke the 'Find and Replace' dialog switched to the 'Search' tab and with the 'test' word used for search"
'            #End Region ' #ShowSearchFormMethod

syntax-highlighting-html-markup-using-devexpress-codeparser-library-and-syntax-highlight-tok-e5032/VB/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.vb#L24

    server.Text = "some HTML text"
    richEditControl1.Text = server.HtmlText
End Using

how-to-integrate-spellchecker-menu-items-into-the-xtrarichedit-context-menu-e1758/VB/RichEditPopupMenu/Form1.vb#L118

Me.richEditControl1.Text = "Accordnig to an englnsih unviersitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a word dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's imporantt is that the frsit and last ltteer of eevry word is in the crrecot psoition. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to read the txet withuot dificultfiy."
Me.labelControl1.Text = "Right-click a misspelled word for a context menu containing a list of suggested replacements"

how-to-adjust-left-padding-of-a-document-in-richeditcontrol-e3781/VB/Form1.vb#L21

    richEditControl1.Text = "Test"
End Sub

rich-text-editor-highlight-syntax/VB/SyntaxHighlightSimple/Form1.vb#L105

Public Sub Execute() Implements ISyntaxHighlightService.Execute
    Dim newText As String = syntaxEditor.Text
    ' Determine language by file extension.