Highlight text in a richtextbox in windows forms
This code should do the work:
Dim searchstring As String = "hello"
' The word you're looking for
Dim count As New List(Of Integer)()
For i As Integer = 0 To richTextBox1.Text.Length - 1
If richTextBox1.Text.IndexOf(searchstring, i) <> -1 Then
'If the word is found
'Add the index to the list
count.Add(richTextBox1.Text.IndexOf(searchstring, i))
End If
Next
Try
For i As Integer = 0 To count.Count - 1
richTextBox1.[Select](count(i), searchstring.Length)
richTextBox1.SelectionFont = New Font(richTextBox1.Font, FontStyle.Bold)
count.RemoveAt(i)
Next
Catch
End Try
richTextBox1.[Select](richTextBox1.Text.Length, 0)
richTextBox1.SelectionFont = New Font(richTextBox1.Font, FontStyle.Regula
For each index select the text and make it bold.
Now add this code to the TextChanged
-Event to check any time the text changed for your word.
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Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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Admin almost 2 years
How to make when i type in a
RichTextBox
a certain word it gets highlited?how do i find words in the text to use
SelectionColor
orSelectionFont
For example: i want that all times that the word "hello" appear in the
RichTextBox
it turn to bold or turn into a color...Then if i open my program and type "hello, how are you?" the word hello turns into bold... any idea? (my idea is to make a text editor with syntax highlight that ill specify the words)
(sorry if there is another question like that, i tried to search but i didn't find a answer that helped me)
its windows forms, visual basic