Selecting

User can select a part TRichView document with the mouse (in TRichViewEdit he/she also can use Shift +caret movement keys).

You can turn off/on a word selection mode, see TRVStyle.SelectionMode.

Selection Appearance

Selected text has RichView.Style.SelTextColor/InactiveSelTextColor color and RichView.Style.SelColor/InactiveSelColor background.

By default, it is clHighlightText on clHighlight both for active (focused) and inactive windows.

You can:

▪disallow making selection (clear rvoAllowSelection in Options); please do not use in editor!

▪determine if the selection is not empty (SelectionExists);

▪deselect TRichView (Deselect; Invalidate);

▪select the whole document (SelectAll; Invalidate);

▪get selection bounds (GetSelectionBounds);

▪select a part of the document (SetSelectionBounds;Invalidate);

▪select the inserted control (SelectControl);

▪get the selection as a text (GetSelText, GetSelTextW);

▪get the selection as a Rich Text Format (SaveRTFToStream, SaveRTF);

▪get the selection as an image, if image is selected (GetSelectedImage);

▪save the selection to stream or file (SaveRVFToStream, SaveRVF);

▪copy the selection to the Clipboard in various formats (see RichView Clipboard Functions Overview)

In editor you can:

▪delete selection (DeleteSelection);

▪cut selection to the Clipboard (CutDef);

Note: All methods introduced in RichView which can change visual appearance require calling Invalidate or Refresh after them.

Note: All methods working with selection must be called only when the document is formatted.