Property HighlightMatchingBlocks

Namespace

Alternet.Editor.Wpf

Assembly

Alternet.Editor.Wpf.v9.dll

HighlightMatchingBlocks

Specifies that edit control should highlight found block matches.

public virtual bool HighlightMatchingBlocks { get; set; }

Property Value

bool

Examples

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

using System;
using System.Windows;
using Alternet.Editor.Wpf;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private TextSource textSource;
    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        var textEdit1 = new TextEditor();
        textSource = new TextSource();
        textSource.LoadFile("myfile.txt");

        textSource.HighlightMatchingBlocks = true;
        textEdit1.Source = this.textSource;
    }

    private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(textSource.MatchingBlocks.Count.ToString());
    }
}

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

Imports System
Imports System.Windows
Imports Alternet.Editor.Wpf

Partial Public Class MainWindow
    Inherits Window

    Private textSource As TextSource

    Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
        Dim textEdit1 = New TextEditor()
        textSource = New TextSource()
        textSource.LoadFile("myfile.txt")

        textSource.HighlightMatchingBlocks = True
        textEdit1.Source = Me.textSource
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
        MessageBox.Show(textSource.MatchingBlocks.Count.ToString())
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Use HighlightMatchingBlocks property to enable highlighting matching parts of the syntax block, like the start and end of the class or method declaration in the Visual Basic code by the TextEditor control linked to this TextSource