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How to insert selected text within XML tag in WinForms SyntaxEditor (EditControl)?

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In WinForms EditControl, you can load the selected text inside XML tag by using “SelectedText”, “Selection” properties and “InsertText”, “DeleteText” functions.

The following code example illustrates the same.

C#

//Gets the selected text
string selectedText = editControl1.SelectedText;
//Delete the selected text
editControl1.DeleteText(editControl1.Selection.Top, editControl1.Selection.Bottom);
//Gets the cursor position
IParsePoint iparse = editControl1.GetRealCursorPosition();
int cursorposition = iparse.Position;
if (flag)
{
    cursorposition = cursorposition - 1;
}
//Inserting before
editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition, "#region\n");
iparse = editControl1.GetRealCursorPosition();
if (flag)
{
    //Inserting selected text
    editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition - 1, selectedText + "\n");
    flag = false;
}
else
    //Inserting selected text
    editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition, selectedText + "\n");
iparse = editControl1.GetRealCursorPosition();
//Inserting text at end of the selection
editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition, "#endregion");

VB

'Gets the selected text
Dim selectedText As String = editControl1.SelectedText
'Delete the selected text
editControl1.DeleteText(editControl1.Selection.Top, editControl1.Selection.Bottom)
'Gets the cursor position
Dim iparse As IParsePoint = editControl1.GetRealCursorPosition()
Dim cursorposition As Integer = iparse.Position
If flag Then
 cursorposition = cursorposition - 1
End If
'Inserting before
editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition, "#region" & Constants.vbLf)
iparse = editControl1.GetRealCursorPosition()
If flag Then
 'Inserting selected text
 editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition - 1, selectedText & Constants.vbLf)
 flag = False
Else
 'Inserting selected text
 editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition, selectedText & Constants.vbLf)
End If
iparse = editControl1.GetRealCursorPosition()
'Inserting text at end of the selection
editControl1.InsertText(iparse.Line, cursorposition, "#endregion"

Sample:

https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/EditControl_EditLine-587802118.zip


Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to insert selected text within XML tag in WinForms SyntaxEditor(EditControl).

You can refer to our WinForms Edit Control feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our documentation to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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