RichTextBox.GetCharIndexFromPosition(Point) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Retrieves the index of the character nearest to the specified location.

public:
 override int GetCharIndexFromPosition(System::Drawing::Point pt);

public override int GetCharIndexFromPosition (System.Drawing.Point pt);

override this.GetCharIndexFromPosition : System.Drawing.Point -> int

Public Overrides Function GetCharIndexFromPosition (pt As Point) As Integer

Parameters

pt

Point

The location to search.

Returns

Int32

The zero-based character index at the specified location.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the GetCharIndexFromPosition method with the Find method to search for a specific string within a RichTextBox control and display the character index where the found string is located within the RichTextBox control. The example searches for the word "brown" within the contents of the control and returns the character index position where the search string is found. This example requires that you have a form that contains a RichTextBox control named richTextBox1 that contains text. It also requires that the code in the example is connected to the MouseDown event of the RichTextBox.

private:
   void richTextBox1_MouseDown( Object^ /*sender*/, System::Windows::Forms::MouseEventArgs^ e )
   {
      // Declare the string to search for in the control.
      String^ searchString = "brown";

      // Determine whether the user clicks the left mouse button and whether it is a double click.
      if ( e->Clicks == 1 && e->Button == ::MouseButtons::Left )
      {
         // Obtain the character index where the user clicks on the control.
         int positionToSearch = richTextBox1->GetCharIndexFromPosition( Point(e->X,e->Y) );

         // Search for the search string text within the control from the point the user clicked.
         int textLocation = richTextBox1->Find( searchString, positionToSearch, RichTextBoxFinds::None );

         // If the search string is found (value greater than -1), display the index the string was found at.
         if ( textLocation >= 0 )
            MessageBox::Show( String::Format( "The search string was found at character index {0}.", textLocation ) ); // Display a message box alerting the user that the text was not found.
         else
            MessageBox::Show( "The search string was not found within the text of the control." );
      }
   }

private void richTextBox1_MouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
    // Declare the string to search for in the control.
    string searchString = "brown";

    // Determine whether the user clicks the left mouse button and whether it is a double click.
    if (e.Clicks == 1 && e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
    {
        // Obtain the character index where the user clicks on the control.
        int positionToSearch = richTextBox1.GetCharIndexFromPosition(new Point(e.X, e.Y));
        // Search for the search string text within the control from the point the user clicked.
        int textLocation = richTextBox1.Find(searchString, positionToSearch, RichTextBoxFinds.None);

        // If the search string is found (value greater than -1), display the index the string was found at.
        if (textLocation >= 0)
            MessageBox.Show("The search string was found at character index " + textLocation.ToString() + ".");
        else
            // Display a message box alerting the user that the text was not found.
            MessageBox.Show("The search string was not found within the text of the control.");
    }
}

Private Sub richTextBox1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles richTextBox1.MouseDown
    ' Declare the string to search for in the control.
    Dim searchString As String = "brown"

    ' Determine whether the user clicks the left mouse button and whether it is a double click.
    If e.Clicks = 1 And e.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then
        ' Obtain the character index where the user clicks on the control.
        Dim positionToSearch As Integer = richTextBox1.GetCharIndexFromPosition(New Point(e.X, e.Y))
        ' Search for the search string text within the control from the point the user clicked.
        Dim textLocation As Integer = richTextBox1.Find(searchString, positionToSearch, RichTextBoxFinds.None)

        ' If the search string is found (value greater than -1), display the index the string was found at.
        If textLocation >= 0 Then
            MessageBox.Show(("The search string was found at character index " + textLocation.ToString() + "."))
            ' Display a message box alerting the user that the text was not found.
        Else
            MessageBox.Show("The search string was not found within the text of the control.")
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

This method returns the character index that is closest to the position specified in the pt parameter. The character index is a zero-based index of text in the control, including spaces. You can use this method to determine where in the text the user has the mouse over by passing the mouse coordinates to this method. This can be useful if you want to perform tasks when the user rests the mouse pointer over a word in the text of the control.

See also

• GetLineFromCharIndex(Int32)
• GetPositionFromCharIndex(Int32)