DisplayLines Property

DisplayLines

Represents the object that implements IDisplayStrings interface containing collection of lines to be drawn in the control.

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
public virtual IDisplayStrings DisplayLines { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IDisplayStrings

Implements

ISyntaxEdit.DisplayLines

Remarks

The DisplayLines collection may differ from Lines that contains text lines. Some of these lines may be absent due to the collapsing of the outline sections, and extra lines may appear due to the word wrapping.

Examples

Here is how to use a DisplayLines in the C# code:

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var syntaxEdit1 = new Alternet.Editor.SyntaxEdit(this.components);
        syntaxEdit1.LoadFile("myfile.txt");
        syntaxEdit1.DisplayLines.AllowHiddenLines = true;
        for (int i = 5; i <= syntaxEdit1.Source.Lines.Count - 5; i++)
        {
            syntaxEdit1.Source.SetLineHidden(i, true);
        }
    }
}

Here is how to use a DisplayLines in the Visual Basic code:

Partial Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim syntaxEdit1 = New Alternet.Editor.SyntaxEdit(Me.components)
        syntaxEdit1.LoadFile("myfile.txt")
        syntaxEdit1.DisplayLines.AllowHiddenLines = True

        For i As Integer = 5 To syntaxEdit1.Source.Lines.Count - 5
            syntaxEdit1.Source.SetLineHidden(i, True)
        Next
    End Sub
End Class