RichEditControl.Paste() Method

Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the selection.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.RichEdit

Declaration

• C#
• VB.NET

public void Paste()

Public Sub Paste

Example

The following code pastes text from the system Clipboard into the current document position (the Document.CaretPosition). The current RichEditControl instance is passed to the BarItem.ItemClick event handler using the BarItem.Tag property.

View Example

• RichEditControlActions.cs
• RichEditControlActions.vb

static void buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_PasteTextFromClipboard(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
    richEdit.Paste();
}

Private Shared Sub buttonCustomAction_ItemClick_PasteTextFromClipboard(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ItemClickEventArgs)
    Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
    richEdit.Paste()
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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• C#
• VB.NET

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L159

RichEditControl richEdit = e.Item.Tag as RichEditControl;
    richEdit.Paste();
}

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L165

Dim richEdit As RichEditControl = TryCast(e.Item.Tag, RichEditControl)
    richEdit.Paste()
End Sub

See Also

RichEditControl Class

RichEditControl Members

DevExpress.XtraRichEdit Namespace