# TextViewGenerator.EditMode Property

> Gets or sets a value indicating whether the document's text is read-only, can be selected or is editable.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 21.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.ServerVisualisation`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Server.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Server.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Server.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.ServerVisualization > TextViewGenerator.EditMode Property
- **603 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/editmode-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/editmode-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/editmode-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the document's text is read-only, can be selected or is editable.

### Syntax

```csharp
public EditMode EditMode { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property EditMode As EditMode
```

### Members

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit | The document's text can be edited and formatted without restrictions. |
| ReadAndSelect | The document's text is displayed and text can be selected. Editing and formatting is restricted as specified through the [DocumentPermissions](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/documentpermissions-property/llms-full.txt) property. |
| ReadOnly | The document's text is only displayed, text cannot be selected. |
| UsePassword | A dialog box to enter a password is opened to protect the edit mode. This value can only be combined with EditMode.ReadAndSelect using the bitwise or operator. |

### Examples

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

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

textViewGenerator.EditMode = EditMode.Edit;
Console.WriteLine($"Edit Mode used by Text View Generator: {textViewGenerator.EditMode}");
```

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

textViewGenerator.EditMode = EditMode.Edit
Console.WriteLine($"Edit Mode used by Text View Generator: {textViewGenerator.EditMode}")
```

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