Add simple formatting to the first line of RichTextBox

Question

Hello.

Using RichTextBox to convert a simple plain text string to rich text.

It does a great job as I don't need advanced formatting:

Dim runtimeRichTextBox As New RichTextBox

runtimeRichTextBox.Font = New Font(blah, 12)

runtimeRichTextBox.Text = "a multi line simple plain text string"

And get runtimeRichTextBox.Rtf as rtf

The only thing I need to to apply these 3 to the first line of my output rich text:

Make the 1st line center aligned + bold + red color.

Is that possible?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hi @S-Soft , You can try the following code.

        runtimeRichTextBox.Find(RichTextBox1.Lines(0))
        runtimeRichTextBox.SelectionColor = Color.Red
        runtimeRichTextBox.SelectionAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
        runtimeRichTextBox.SelectionFont = New Font(
         runtimeRichTextBox.SelectionFont.FontFamily,
         runtimeRichTextBox.SelectionFont.Size,
         FontStyle.Bold
         )

Best Regards.
Jiachen Li
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Answer 2

Hi

This seems to do what you ask.

    With RTB
      .SelectionStart = 0
      .SelectionLength = .Lines(0).Length
      .SelectionAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
      .SelectionFont = New Font(.SelectionFont.FontFamily, .SelectionFont.SizeInPoints, FontStyle.Bold)
      .SelectionColor = Color.Red
    End With