Setting Selection Range does not work for Xamarin RichTextEditor

[Xu]

Hello Guys,

According to the meta data,

The Xamarin RichTextEditor's SelectionRange object is settable

 //
// Description:
//     Gets or sets the selection range of the text in the Telerik.XamarinForms.RichTextEditor.RadRichTextEditor.
public RichTextSelectionRange SelectionRange { get; set; }

So I tried to "set" the SelectionRange by code:

 public void SetSelecionRange(int startIndex, int endIndex)
        {
            EditBox.SelectionRange = new RichTextSelectionRange(startIndex, endIndex);
        }

But actually nothing happens, and I am not sure the how the start and end index of the selection is configured, perhaps based on the html code index? or plain text index?

I am not able to find the guide for setting selection range.

 

Please offer some help.

[Yana]

Hello Xu,

Indeed, SelectionRange property is settable  - the selection can be defined only when RichTextEditor is in focus (not initially).   Please try tapping inside the editing area and then call the SetSecionRange method - it should work in this way. StartIndex and EndIndex are just the consecutive index of the first and last symbol included in the text selection.

Other than that, we have the following feature request regarding focusing the RichTextEditor control:

RichTextEditor: Provide an option to auto-focus the control and display the keyboard when in edit mode

Let me know if I can help with anything else.

Regards,
Yana
Progress Telerik

[Xu]

Hello Yana, Thank you for another answer to my question.

 

I tried to set the range after tapping the editor. 

 public void SetSelecionRange(int startIndex, int endIndex)
 {
            EditBox.SelectionRange = new RichTextSelectionRange(startIndex, endIndex); 
 }

But still not working, just nothing happens after calling the method as you can tell from the attached video.

The video from OneDrive

Did I miss something?

 

 

 

The control version is Telerik.XamarinForms.RichTextEditor, Version=2021.1.325.480 

[Yana]

I noticed in the video the SelectionRange is called from some kind of popup. Please send me some sample code showing exactly the implementation you have as on my side the selection is executed without a problem.