Select multiple words in a text box in C#

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Is it possible to select multiple words(for eg: "The family live in a big house") and track those selected words?
I need to select the words using the mouse and put those selected words in a string array.
If possible, how can i do it?

Posted 15-Jun-11 3:11am

Thilina C

Updated 15-Jun-11 4:04am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 16:47pm

You did not tag it! WPF, Forms, ASP.NET, what?
--SA

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Solution 2

Hello

Someone called Zhi-Xin Ye posted a way to do this on the MSDN forum a couple of years ago:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winforms/thread/1d111531-aeaa-472c-baf4-ffd0850d9ce3[^]

Valery.

Posted 15-Jun-11 4:18am

Valery Possoz

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Thilina C 15-Jun-11 10:40am

This might help. Thanks

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-15T03:13:00

Solution 1

Not possible in a Text box, I'm afraid: it only supports a single, contiguous selection.

Posted 15-Jun-11 3:13am

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Thilina C 15-Jun-11 11:31am

It is possible

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 16:51pm

Did you down-vote this answer because you think it's possible? What you did is not selection. If this is what you wanted, you did not correctly explain it. Not fair!
--SA

Thilina C 16-Jun-11 1:04am

What I said is,
"I need to select the words using the mouse and put those selected words in a string array."
How else are you selecting words in a text box without highlighting them!!!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-Jun-11 22:33pm

In TextBox there are no difference between selecting and highlighting (or there is no highlighting if you will), is some other editor there is. You do neither. If it's a solution for you, fine; then the problem is the lack of correctness in the formulation of your own question. You ask about "select" which has its strict sense, but you don't select.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 16:52pm

You are right, my 5.
I down-voted OP's own "solution" because it is incorrect.
I suspect OP down-voted this answer by that reason, see my comment.
--SA

Thilina C · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-15T05:29:00

Solution 3

Got the answer, and it IS posible

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List<string> _Words;
private void richTextBox1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    richTextBox1.SelectionBackColor = Color.DeepPink;
    _Words.Add(richTextBox1.SelectedText);
}

Posted 15-Jun-11 5:29am

Thilina C

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 15-Jun-11 16:46pm

What you do not NOT selection. Sorry, I voted 1.
--SA

Thilina C 16-Jun-11 1:02am

I can't understand what you meant by Not selection!!!!
when I execute the code, it selected the words and added it to the LIST....