Description

Informs whether the currently selected text can be formatted with character formatting attributes. The property's value depends on the DocumentPermissions.AllowFormatting property and the currently set edit mode.

Syntax

public bool CanCharacterFormat { get; }

Public ReadOnly Property CanCharacterFormat As Boolean

Examples

The following example applies bold formatting through the text view generator's selection by using TextViewGenerator.CanCharacterFormat.

Selection formattedSelection = textViewGenerator.Selection;
formattedSelection.Bold = true;
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection;

if (textViewGenerator.CanCharacterFormat)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator is ready for this operation.");
}

Dim formattedSelection As Selection = textViewGenerator.Selection
formattedSelection.Bold = True
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection

If textViewGenerator.CanCharacterFormat Then
    Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator is ready for this operation.")
End If

Limitations

Runtime only.

Read only.