SearchDialog Property

SearchDialog

Gets or sets a dialog box allowing to search for the text or replace it.

Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
public virtual ISearchDialog SearchDialog { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ISearchDialog

Implements

ISearch.SearchDialog

Remarks

SearchDialog provides search and replace capabilities to TextEditor control.

Use SearchSettings to customize search and replace behavior.

By default, the search dialog is displayed as a popup panel at the top-right corner of TextEditor control. You can override it to be displayed as a separate dialog box by setting SearchDialogAppearance property.

Examples

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

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        var textEditor = new Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextEditor();
        textEditor.LoadFile("myfile.txt");
        textEditor.SearchDialogAppearance = Alternet.Editor.Wpf.SearchDialogAppearance.PopupPanel;
        textEditor.SearchDialog.SearchSettings.SearchOptions |= Alternet.Editor.Wpf.SearchOptions.CaseSensitive | Alternet.Editor.Wpf.SearchOptions.FindTextAtCursor;
    }
}

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

Partial Public Class MainWindow

    Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
        Dim textEditor = New Alternet.Editor.Wpf.TextEditor()
        textEditor.LoadFile("myfile.txt")
        textEditor.SearchDialogAppearance = Alternet.Editor.Wpf.SearchDialogAppearance.PopupPanel
        textEditor.SearchDialog.SearchSettings.SearchOptions = textEditor.SearchDialog.SearchSettings.SearchOptions Or Alternet.Editor.Wpf.SearchOptions.CaseSensitive Or Alternet.Editor.Wpf.SearchOptions.FindTextAtCursor
    End Sub
End Class