select words in a richtextbox with tab button in vb.net

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i want to do a small tweak with a free microsoft word processor i have made in vb.net
I want to be able to select words in richtextbox with tab button. Like if the text is "hello codeproject members" and when i put the focus on richtextbox and press tab first time "hello" should be selected. Then when we press tab again codeproject should be selected and so on.

how do i do that??

i suppose we have to use keydown event and then check for tab keycode. And the words could be seen as separated by spaces. Any help?

Posted 24-Aug-10 0:36am

amit_upadhyay

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Venkatesh Mookkan · Answer 1 · 2010-08-24T01:06:00

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As you said, you need to handle KeyDown event and capture Key of the Tab. But Tab key is a default key for setting focus to next tab indexed control. I think, you need to set e.Handle = true or set IsTabStop = true to rest of your controls.

Use,

richTextBox.Select(startIndex, length)

You need to manipulate the startIndex and length each word using string functions.

Posted 24-Aug-10 1:06am

Venkatesh Mookkan

Updated 24-Aug-10 1:41am

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amit_upadhyay 24-Aug-10 7:13am

yes but how do i select the word??

Venkatesh Mookkan 24-Aug-10 7:41am

I have updated the answer little bit. Comment me if you have any questions