Creating complex source code editing control in WPF

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I am wondering if anyone has any experience in creating a new control based on a WPF text box that could support syntax highlighting, line numbers, etc.

Any links or advice on how i could begin creating something like this would be very helpful.

nickohrn · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-09 17:45:03Z

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Hey there. I don't have any personal experience implementing something like you're suggesting, but I found a couple of links that might help you out.

Derived rich text box with syntax highlighting
SharpDevelop (it's open source and you can probably grab some insights from their source code for syntax highlighting)
Syntax highlighting in a Coacoa app (maybe glean some approaches from this)

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Jason Miesionczek Over a year ago

i found the AvalonEdit control from the SharpDevelop 4 alpha works great, was able to add it to my project and had it up and running in minutes. Thanks for the suggestion!

Paul G. · Accepted Answer · 2009-02-09 17:45:55Z

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This should help you to start WPF Syntax Highlighting in RichTextBox

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