Add a Rich Text Editor

• Aug 18, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

The Web Report Designer’s XRRichText control allows you to display formatted static or dynamic text in your report. If you specify static text or load RTF text from a file, you can apply format settings to the entire text only.

Note

Inline client Rich Text Editor does not support Right-To-Left mode. For more information review the following help topic: Rich Text Editor Unsupported Features.

This topic describes how to enable the XRRichText control’s Rich Text Editor to edit and format text in-line.

In Project Template Gallery

Check the Enable Rich Text Editor option when you create a new ASP.NET Core reporting application that contains the Web Report Designer.

In Code

Do the following to enable the Rich Text Editor in the ASP.NET Core reporting project:

1. Open the package.json file. Add the devexpress-richedit dependency.

   JSON

   {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "name": "DXWebApplication",
       "private": true,
       "dependencies": {
           "devextreme-dist": "23.2.*",
           "devexpress-richedit": "23.2.*",
           "@devexpress/analytics-core": "23.2.*",
           "devexpress-reporting": "23.2.*",
           "ace-builds": "^1.3.3"
       }
   }
   

2. Right-click the package.json file and select Restore Packages. This adds the Rich Text Editor’s resources to the node_modules folder.

3. Link the added files in the View that displays the End-User Report Designer.

   CSHTML

   <script src="~/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
   
   <script src="~/node_modules/knockout/build/output/knockout-latest.js"></script>
   
   <!--Links to DevExtreme resources-->
   <script src="~/node_modules/devextreme-dist/js/dx.all.js"></script>
   <link href="~/node_modules/devextreme-dist/css/dx.light.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   
   <!-- Optional (for intelligent code completion in the Expression Editor and Filter Editor) -->
   <script src="~/node_modules/ace-builds/src/ace.js"></script>
   <script src="~/node_modules/ace-builds/src/ext-language_tools.js"></script>
   <script src="~/node_modules/ace-builds/src/snippets/text.js"></script>
   <!--  -->
   
   <!-- Link Rich Edit scripts and styles between DevExtreme and Reporting -->
   <script src="~/node_modules/jszip/dist/jszip.min.js"></script>
   <script src="~/node_modules/devexpress-richedit/dist/dx.richedit.min.js"></script>
   <link href="~/node_modules/devexpress-richedit/dist/dx.richedit.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   
   <!-- Link the Reporting resources -->
   <script src="~/node_modules/@@devexpress/analytics-core/dist/js/dx-analytics-core.js"></script>
   <script src="~/node_modules/@@devexpress/analytics-core/dist/js/dx-querybuilder.js"></script>
   <script src="~/node_modules/devexpress-reporting/dist/js/dx-webdocumentviewer.js"></script>
   <script src="~/node_modules/devexpress-reporting/dist/js/dx-reportdesigner.js"></script>
   <link href="~/node_modules/@@devexpress/analytics-core/dist/css/dx-analytics.common.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   <link href="~/node_modules/@@devexpress/analytics-core/dist/css/dx-analytics.light.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   <link href="~/node_modules/@@devexpress/analytics-core/dist/css/dx-querybuilder.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   <link href="~/node_modules/devexpress-reporting/dist/css/dx-webdocumentviewer.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   <link href="~/node_modules/devexpress-reporting/dist/css/dx-reportdesigner.css" rel="stylesheet" />
   
   @Html.DevExpress().ReportDesigner("ReportDesigner")
       .Height("1000px")
       .Bind("Insert your report URL here")