SelectableTextBlock
The SelectableTextBlock block is a label for the display of text that allows selecting and copying of text. It can display multiple lines, and features full control over the font used.
Useful Properties
You will probably use these properties most often:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| SelectionStart | a character index for the start of the current selection. |
| SelectionEnd | a character index for the end of the current selection. |
| SelectionBrush | The brush that highlights selected text. |
| SelectionForeground | Brush that is used for the foreground of selected text. |
| FontSize | The size of the font. |
| FontWeight | The weight of the font. Default is normal, options include Bold. |
| FontStyle | A style to apply to the lettering. Default is normal, options include Italic. |
| TextDecorations | A line decoration to apply to the lettering. Default is none, options include Underline, Strikethrough, Baseline and Overline. To apply more than one at the same time, list the options with spaces between. |
| xml:space | TextBlock itself would respect the line breaks and whitespace of its content as set out in XAML, but it will be filtered out by the parser without xml:space="preserve". |
Example
This example shows a text block used as a heading, single line and multi-line displays.
<StackPanel Margin="20">
<SelectableTextBlock Margin="0 5" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold" >Heading</SelectableTextBlock>
<SelectableTextBlock Margin="0 5" FontStyle="Italic" xml:space="preserve" SelectionBrush="Red">This is a single line.</SelectableTextBlock>
<SelectableTextBlock Margin="0 5" xml:space="preserve" SelectionStart="3" SelectionEnd="13">This is a multi-line display
that has returns in it.
The text block respects the line breaks
as set out in XAML.</SelectableTextBlock>
</StackPanel>
The styling works in the preview pane:
More Information
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For the complete API documentation about this control, see here.
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View the source code on GitHub SelectableTextBlock.cs