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Hello!

I am trying to make a html editor. One function that i want is that when i press a button it puts in the html tags where the text is marked so. This is the code that i got, but i can't make something out of it.

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private void button8_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string strInsert = "<a>";
    textBox4.Text = textBox4.Text.Insert(textBox4.SelectionStart, strInsert);

    MessageBox.Show(textBox4.SelectedText);
}

This is what i want:

OH... this thext is marked!

that will result in this after pressing the button:

<a>OH... this thext is marked!</a>

Thank you in advance.

Posted 14-Nov-10 0:33am

euhiemf

Updated 14-Nov-10 0:34am

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-14T00:53:00

Solution 1

Does this work for you?

private void button8_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{        
  string strInsertBefore = "<a>";
  string strInsertAfter = "</a>";

  string text = textBox4.Text.Substring(textBox4.SelectionStart, textBox4.SelectionLength);
  text = strInsertBefore + text + strInsertAfter;
  MessageBox.Show(text);
}

Posted 14-Nov-10 0:53am

JF2015

Updated 14-Nov-10 1:02am

v2

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euhiemf 14-Nov-10 6:59am

nop... it doesn't work... its the 'textBox4.SelectionLenght' that is bugging...

JF2015 14-Nov-10 7:02am

Sorry, edited it: There was a spelling mistake!

euhiemf 14-Nov-10 7:04am

Awesome!!!!!
Thank you!