WPF Rich Text Editor Examples

• May 12, 2025
• 3 minutes to read

Getting Started

• Create a Simple Rich Text Editor
• Customize the Integrated Ribbon UI
• Bind the Rich Text Editor to a Document Source using the MVVM pattern

User Interface Customization

• How to: Customize the Integrated Ribbon UI
• How to: Customize Context Menus for the Rich Text Editor
• How to: Create Separate Command UI for the Rich Text Editor

Files

• How to: Create a New Document
• How to: Load a Document
• How to: Save a Document
• How To: Export Document to PDF format
• How To: Export Document to HTML format

Text

• How to: Select Text Programmatically
• How to: Insert Text at the Cursor Position
• How to: Obtain the Document Position under the Mouse Cursor
• How To: Obtain Specific Document Part
• How to: Convert a Static URI to a Hyperlink
• How to: Append Text to the Paragraph
• How to: Mark Text as Hidden and Display Hidden Text in the DXRichEdit

Formatting

• How to: Load and Use Custom Fonts
• How to: Change Formatting of Selected Text
• How to: Change Formatting of the Current Paragraph
• How to: Specify Default Document Formatting
• How to: Embed Fonts Used in a Document

Styles

• How To: Create New Character Style
• How To: Create New Paragraph Style
• How To: Create New Linked Style

Page Layout

• How to: Configure the Page Layout Programmatically
• How To: Add Line Numbering
• How to: Create a Three-Column Layout with Uniform Columns
• How to: Insert Page Numbers in Header or Footer
• How to: Determine the Document Element under the Mouse Pointer

Export

• How to: Create a Fillable PDF Form in Code
• How to: Retain the Image URI in an HTML Document
• How to: Save a Document as a Series of Images
• How to: Send the Mail-Merge Document as an E-Mail

Automation Features

• How to: Create a Table of Contents in Code
• How to: Handle the HyperlinkClick Event to Invoke the Custom Form
• How to: Use the Visitor-Iterator Pattern to Retrieve a List of Document Fonts
• How to: Highlight Document Syntax
• How to: Insert Dynamic Content
• How to: Create a Nested Field

Spell Check

• How to: Enable Spelling Check-As-You-Type for the Rich Edit Control

Printing

• How to: Print a Document in UI
• How to: Utilize a Print Preview Dialog to Adjust Margins in the RichEditControl Document

Protection

• How to: Create Protected Ranges in Code
• How to: Create Protected Ranges in a Document

Commands

• How to: Replace Standard DXRichEdit Command with a Custom Command

Miscellaneous

• How to: Replace a Picture with Another Picture
• How to: Create a Checkbox Form Field in Rich Text Editor for WPF
• How to: Embed a Live Chart into a Document
• How to: Embed a RichEditControl into a GridControl