RichTextBox in Silverlight 4


Following are the feature of rich text box control

  • Rich content - multimedia
  • Inline images
  • Formatted text
  • Hyperlinks

Rich text box offer two modes

  • Editing mode which is by default.
  • Read only mode which can be set by using IsReadOnly="True"

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Note: The hyperlinks will work only if IsReadOnly property is set to true.

Main Page

Following image shows how the page looks with rich text box.

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To set the content of RichTextBox control you can use Paragraph element as shown below

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Hyperlink

To show the hyperlink you can use the Hyperlink element. The hyperlink will navigate only if the rich text box is in read only mode i.e. isReadOnly=True

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UIElement

To show the text with the inline UIElement object like image as shown below

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Left Alignment

To change the alignment to left or start typing from left, then select the text and click on the left button. As shown below

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For this use the following code:

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Center Alignment

To change the alignment to center or start typing from center, then select the text and click on the center button. As shown below.

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For this use the following code:

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Right Alignment

To change the alignment to right or start typing from right, then select the text and click on the right button. As shown below.

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For this use the following code:

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Bold

To make the text bold, then first select the text and click on the bold button. As shown below:

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For this use the following code:

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Italic

To make the text italic, then first select the text and click on the italic button. As shown below:

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For this use the following code:

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Underline

To make the text underline, then first select the text and click on the underline button. As shown below:

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For this use the following code:

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Wrap / Unwrap

To wrap the content, then check wrap checkbox. As shown below:

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To remove wrap, then uncheck wrap checkbox. As shown below:

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For this use the following code:

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Load image

To load multimedia content like image, specify the location of the image and then click load button. As shown below.

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For this use the following code:

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