SelectionColor Property

Gets or sets the text color of the current text selection.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property SelectionColor As Color

public Color SelectionColor {get; set;}

Property Value

A System.Drawing.Color value that represents the color to apply to the current text selection.

Remarks

If the current text selection has more than one color specified, this property returns Color.Empty.

Example

private void detail_Format(object sender, System.EventArgs eArgs)
{
    if (this.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote") != -1)
    {
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionStart = this.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote");
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionLength = 11;
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionCharOffset = .05f;
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionColor = System.Drawing.Color.CornflowerBlue;
    }
}

Visual Basic

Private Sub Detail1_Format(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Detail1.Format
    If Not Me.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote") = -1 Then
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionStart = Me.rtbActiveReport.Find("footnote")
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionLength = 11
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionCharOffset = 0.05
        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionColor = System.Drawing.Color.CornflowerBlue
    End If
End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

RichTextBox Class
RichTextBox Members
SelectionBackColor Property