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How to find the font descritpion of a word in a richedit?
Hi team,
I have a richedit box and I have programmed into it the ability to change the font size, style, name etc.
When I click my the mouse onto a word in this richedit box I would like to be able to determine all the details of the selected word. I found some code on the net which I have adapted to suit my purposes. see below:
uses richedit;
procedure TfrmWriter.richEditorMouse Down(Sende r: TObject;
Button: TMouseButton; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
begin
inherited;
WhatStyle(X, Y);
end;
procedure TfrmWriter.WhatStyle(X, Y: Integer);
//Purpose : To make show what style of text is currently where the mouse pointer is
var
iCharIndex, iLineIndex, iCharOffset, i, j: Integer;
Pt: TPoint;
s: string;
begin
with richeditor do
begin
Pt := Point(X, Y);
// Get Character Index from word under the cursor
iCharIndex := Perform(Messages.EM_CHARFR OMPOS, 0, Integer(@Pt));
if iCharIndex < 0 then Exit;
// Get line Index
iLineIndex := Perform(EM_EXLINEFROMCHAR, 0, iCharIndex);
iCharOffset := iCharIndex - Perform(EM_LINEINDEX, iLineIndex, 0);
if Lines.Count - 1 < iLineIndex then Exit;
// store the current line in a variable
s := Lines[iLineIndex];
// get the first letter of the selected word
i := iCharOffset + 1;
SelStart := i;
label1.Caption := SelAttributes.Name;
label2.Caption := inttostr(SelAttributes.siz e);
label3.Caption := inttostr(SelAttributes.Col or);
if SelAttributes.Style = [fsbold] then
begin
label4.Caption := 'Bold'
end
else
begin
label4.Caption := 'Not Bold'
end;
if SelAttributes.Style = [fsItalic] then
begin
label5.Caption := 'Italic'
end
else
begin
label5.Caption := 'Not fsItalic'
end;
if SelAttributes.Style = [fsUnderline] then
begin
label6.Caption := 'fsUnderline'
end
else
begin
label6.Caption := 'Not fsUnderline'
end;
end;
end;
If I comment out the functioncall WhatStyles, then my rich edit control works fine and I can move the insertion point all around the control. But for some strange reason, when I include the function then it seems to limit where I can move the insertion point to only the first couple of lines ???
I also think I am not using the selattributes.styles property properly as the output in the captions for bold, italic and underline is not consistent.
Does anyone have any ideas?
thanks
Myles :)
I have a richedit box and I have programmed into it the ability to change the font size, style, name etc.
When I click my the mouse onto a word in this richedit box I would like to be able to determine all the details of the selected word. I found some code on the net which I have adapted to suit my purposes. see below:
uses richedit;
procedure TfrmWriter.richEditorMouse
Button: TMouseButton; Shift: TShiftState; X, Y: Integer);
begin
inherited;
WhatStyle(X, Y);
end;
procedure TfrmWriter.WhatStyle(X, Y: Integer);
//Purpose : To make show what style of text is currently where the mouse pointer is
var
iCharIndex, iLineIndex, iCharOffset, i, j: Integer;
Pt: TPoint;
s: string;
begin
with richeditor do
begin
Pt := Point(X, Y);
// Get Character Index from word under the cursor
iCharIndex := Perform(Messages.EM_CHARFR
if iCharIndex < 0 then Exit;
// Get line Index
iLineIndex := Perform(EM_EXLINEFROMCHAR,
iCharOffset := iCharIndex - Perform(EM_LINEINDEX, iLineIndex, 0);
if Lines.Count - 1 < iLineIndex then Exit;
// store the current line in a variable
s := Lines[iLineIndex];
// get the first letter of the selected word
i := iCharOffset + 1;
SelStart := i;
label1.Caption := SelAttributes.Name;
label2.Caption := inttostr(SelAttributes.siz
label3.Caption := inttostr(SelAttributes.Col
if SelAttributes.Style = [fsbold] then
begin
label4.Caption := 'Bold'
end
else
begin
label4.Caption := 'Not Bold'
end;
if SelAttributes.Style = [fsItalic] then
begin
label5.Caption := 'Italic'
end
else
begin
label5.Caption := 'Not fsItalic'
end;
if SelAttributes.Style = [fsUnderline] then
begin
label6.Caption := 'fsUnderline'
end
else
begin
label6.Caption := 'Not fsUnderline'
end;
end;
end;
If I comment out the functioncall WhatStyles, then my rich edit control works fine and I can move the insertion point all around the control. But for some strange reason, when I include the function then it seems to limit where I can move the insertion point to only the first couple of lines ???
I also think I am not using the selattributes.styles property properly as the output in the captions for bold, italic and underline is not consistent.
Does anyone have any ideas?
thanks
Myles :)
The WhatStyles procedure is moving the cursor with the
SelStart:=
call, which is why you're having trouble.
If you move the whole routine to the OnSelectionChanged() event of the rich edit, I believe you'll have the correct results.
SelStart:=
call, which is why you're having trouble.
If you move the whole routine to the OnSelectionChanged() event of the rich edit, I believe you'll have the correct results.
Oh, in OnSelectionChange() event, you won't need anything from the SelStart line up in your WhatStyles routine. SelStart already has the cursor position if nothing is selected.
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That was awesom thank LRHGuy, I leaned something today :)
Myles
Myles
if fsUnderline in SelAttributes.Style then
label6.caption:='fsUnderli
else
....
The Style property is a "set" of attributes, so:
if fsBold in SelAttributes then ..
is true if bold is in the set...