White area is not expanded by default

[Ronald Evers]

Hey,

Just a basic question about the rich text editor I guess. Basically I want a small area in my application in which users can enter text. Nothing too fancy, Im not trying to create a "Word looking" control, more a text area like the one I'm typing in right now when Im making this topic. The only problem I'm having is that the area in which I can type the text doesn't seem to exist until I click and start typing. Then it expands when I press enter. I really would like the white area where I can write in to be expanded to the entire control right away because right now it feels totally buggy. I attached a screenshot to show what I mean. Is there some setting I overlooked?

[Mike]

Hi Ronald Evers,

This can be easily achieved by changing the default page UI template. You can try the following:

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<UserControl x:Class="SilverlightApplication1.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:telerik="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Documents"
    xmlns:docUI="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Documents.UI;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Documents"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="400">

    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White" Width="300" Height="200">
    <Border BorderThickness="1" BorderBrush="Black">
      <telerik:RadRichTextBox x:Name="editor" Background="White">
        <telerik:RadRichTextBox.Resources>
          <Style TargetType="docUI:Page">
            <Setter Property="Template">
              <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="docUI:Page">
                  <ContentPresenter x:Name="PageContentPresenter"
                                              Visibility="Collapsed"/>
                </ControlTemplate>
              </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
            <Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Center" />
            <Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Top" />
          </Style>
        </telerik:RadRichTextBox.Resources>
      </telerik:RadRichTextBox>
    </Border>
  </Grid>
</UserControl>

Note that in the next version we will introduce separate templates that can be used when RadRichTextBox is viewed in Pages or Web layout modes.

Kind regards,
Mike
the Telerik team

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[Ronald Evers]

Thank you Mike, this has solved my problem and it's working the way I want it to now.
I'm really looking forward to the next release, I do need the text to HTML functions and this is only a temporary solution until you guys release the next version.
Anyway thanks for your help, keep up the good work!