Inserting and deleting text in a RichTextbox

[Clark Stevens]

Hi. This should be so easy, but I don't get it. Let say I have
RichTextbox1 and I want to insert some text at the current insertion point,
or at the beginning of selected text (if there is any). How is this done?
Also, how do I delete the current selection? Thanks.

 

[Shiva]

Hi,
SelectedText property is the key to perform all these operations. This
property either inserts text at the current insertion point or replaces
current selection. For deleting current selection, you may simply assign an
empty string ("" or String.Empty) to the SelectedText.

One way for inserting new text at the beginning of the selection is
something like this:

Dim selLength As Integer = RichTextBox.SelectionLength
RichTextBox.SelectionLength = 0
RichTextBox.SelectedText = <text to insert>
RichTextBox.SelectionLength = selLength

HTH

Hi. This should be so easy, but I don't get it. Let say I have
RichTextbox1 and I want to insert some text at the current insertion point,
or at the beginning of selected text (if there is any). How is this done?
Also, how do I delete the current selection? Thanks.

 

[Clark Stevens]

Ah, so that's how you do it. Thank you.