I'm trying to implement a custom text-editor in C# using the ScintillaNET component. I've got most of it right until now, but stuck at one point. I want to give the user the ability to block comment/uncomment the selected text. I tried a lot, but cannot find any examples online. The only thing I seem to get from the control's Selection object are the Start and End positions, but that isn't much help
private void commentBlockToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (txtSQL.Selection.Text.Length > 0)
{
String start = txtSQL.Selection.Start.ToString();
String end = txtSQL.Selection.End.ToString();
MessageBox.Show(start + "::" + end);
}
}
Were any of you able to successfully implement this using the ScintillaNET control?
EDIT: After some improvization, I'm able to do it somehow, but after block is commented, last line moves out of selection!
private void commentBlockToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (txtSQL.Selection.Text.Length > 0)
{
Range range = txtSQL.Selection.Range;
int f = range.StartingLine.Number;
int t = range.EndingLine.Number;
int endpos = txtSQL.Selection.End;
for (int i = f; i <= t; i++)
{
//txtSQL.GoTo.Line(i);
string tstr = txtSQL.Lines[i].Text.Replace(Environment.NewLine, "");
txtSQL.Lines[i].Text = "--" + tstr;
}
}
}
After a bit of experimentation, I found a way to accomplish this. Though I doubt if it is the most elegant of solutions!