windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtrarichedit-dot-richeditcontrol-34956722.md
Invokes the “Find and Replace” dialog.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v25.2.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.RichEdit
public virtual void ShowSearchForm()
Public Overridable Sub ShowSearchForm
Use the FindCommand or ReplaceCommand commands to show the Find and Replace dialog.
To customize the search form, make a descendant and override the required methods, as shown in the How to: Customize the Search Form document.
To create your own form, use the XtraRichEdit API. It provides the ISearchResult interface which defines methods required to perform a text search in the document.
The following code invokes the Find and Replace dialog switched to the ‘Find’ tab with the word ‘test’ used for search. The current RichEditControl instance is passed to the BarItem.ItemClick event handler using the BarItem.Tag property.
static void buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_ShowSearchFormMethod(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e) {
RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
richEdit.ShowSearchForm();
var searchForm = Application.OpenForms.Cast<Form>().Last() as DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchTextForm;
if(searchForm != null) {
System.Windows.Forms.Control[] searchBoxes = searchForm.Controls.Find("cbFndSearchString", true);
if(searchBoxes.Length > 0) searchBoxes[0].Text = "test";
}
}
Private Shared Sub buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_ShowSearchFormMethod(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ItemClickEventArgs)
Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
richEdit.ShowSearchForm()
Dim searchForm As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchTextForm =
TryCast(Application.OpenForms.Cast(Of Form)().Last(), DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchTextForm)
If searchForm IsNot Nothing Then
Dim searchBoxes() As System.Windows.Forms.Control = searchForm.Controls.Find("cbFndSearchString", True)
If searchBoxes.Length > 0 Then
searchBoxes(0).Text = "test"
End If
End If
End Sub
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winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L27
RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
richEdit.ShowSearchForm();
var searchForm = Application.OpenForms.Cast<Form>().Last() as DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchTextForm;
winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L29
Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
richEdit.ShowSearchForm()
Dim searchForm As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.Forms.SearchTextForm =
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