How cai I change font color in text?

[juhaka]

Hi!
I'm just writing a very simple XML editor. I have a TextBox instance as a editing panel. How can I change the color of tags? My goal is, that when I press '<' -key (in TextBox), this and the next characters would be blue, and when I press '>' -key, the next characters would be black again.

I have a method, which catch pressed key.

private void keyPressed(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs ex)
{
switch(ex.KeyChar)
{
case '<':
{
this.TBselect.ForeColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.HotTrack;
break;
}
default:
{
break;
}
}
}


but this changes ALL text.

What should I do, or should I raise my hands up?

br.
Juha K

 

[chiph]

The color of the text in a textbox is all one color -- you can't have a few characters in blue, and the rest in black.

For that you'd need something like the RichText box where you'd select a range of text, then apply formatting to it (like using the SelectionColor property).

Chip H.


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[juhaka]

Thanks, Chip, once again!
I will try it with RichText box....

Juha Ka