Server-side Programming Overview

For a detailed list with the server-side properties and methods of the control, see the Server-Side API of the RadEditor class. If you are interested in the most popular ones check the table below:

Public Properties

Name	Description
AccessKey	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
AllowScripts	Gets or sets the value indicating whether script tags will be allowed in the editor content. This property is now obsolete. Please use the ContentFilters property or the EnableFilter and DisableFilter methods
AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Attributes	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
AutoResizeHeight	Gets or sets the value indicating whether the RadEditor will auto-resize its height to match content height
BackColor	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
BindingContainer	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
BorderColor	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
BorderStyle	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
BorderWidth	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
ClientID	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Colors	Gets the collection containing the colors to put in the Foreground and Background color dropdowns.
Content	Gets or sets the text content of the RadEditor control inlcuding the HTML markup.
ContentAreaCssFile	Gets or sets a string, containing the location of the content area CSS styles. You need to set this property only if you are using a custom skin.
ContentAreaMode	Gets or sets the rendering mode of the editor content area. When set to Iframe, the content area is a separate document (suitable for CMS solutions or when editing a whole page). When set to Div, the content area is in the main page. The default value is Iframe.
ContentFilters	Gets or sets a value indicating which content filters will be active when the editor is loaded in the browser.
ContextMenus	Returns EditorContextMenuCollection
Controls	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
ControlStyle	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
ControlStyleCreated	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
CssClass	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
CssClasses	Gets the collection containing the CSS classes to put in the [Apply CSS Class] dropdown.
CssFiles	Gets a reference to a EditorCssFileCollection that can be used to add external CSS files in the editor content area.
DialogHandlerUrl	Gets or sets the URL which the AJAX call will be made to. Check the help for more information.
DialogOpener	A read-only property that returns the DialogOpener instance used in the editor control.
DialogsCssFile	Gets or sets the location of a CSS file, that will be added in the dialog window. If you need to include more than one file, use the CSS @import url(); rule to add the other files from the first. This property is needed if you are using a custom skin. It allows you to include your custom skin CSS in the dialogs, which are separate from the main page.
DialogsScriptFile	Gets or sets the location of a JavaScript file, that will be added in the dialog window. If you need to include more than one file, you will need to combine the scripts into one first. This property is needed if want to override some of the default functionality without loading the dialog from an external ascx file.
DocumentManager	Contains the configuration of the DocumentManager dialog.
EditModes	Gets or sets the value indicating which will be the available EditModes.
EnableAjaxSkinRendering	Overridden. Gets or sets the value, indicating whether to render the skin CSS files during Ajax requests
Enabled	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
EnableEmbeddedBaseStylesheet	Overridden. Gets or sets the value, indicating whether to render the link to the embedded base stylesheet of the control or not.
EnableEmbeddedScripts	Overridden. Gets or sets the value, indicating whether to render links to the embedded client scripts or not.
EnableEmbeddedSkins	Overridden. Gets or sets the value, indicating whether to render links to the embedded skins or not.
EnableResize	Gets or sets the value indicating whether the users will be able to resize the RadEditor control on the client
EnableTheming	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
EnableViewState	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
ExportSettings	Gets a reference to the EditorExportSettings object that allows you to set the export file properties
ExternalDialogsPath	Gets or sets a value indicating where the editor will look for its dialogs.
FlashManager	Contains the configuration of the FlashManager dialog.
Font	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
FontNames	Gets the collection containing the custom font names to put in the Font dropdown.
FontSizes	Gets the collection containing the custom font sizes to put in the [Size] dropdown.
ForeColor	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
HasAttributes	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
Height	Overridden. Gets or sets the height of the Web server control. The default height is 400 pixels.
Html	Gets or sets the text content of the RadEditor control inlcuding the HTML markup. The Html property is deprecated in RadEditor. Use Content instead.
ID	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
ImageManager	Contains the configuration of the ImageManager dialog.
ImportSettings	Gets a reference to the EditorImportSettings object that allows you to set the import properties.
IsSkinSet	For internal use. (Inherited from RadWebControl)
Language	Gets or sets a string containing the localization language for the RadEditor UI
Languages	Gets the collection containing the available languages for spellchecking.
Links	Gets the collection containing the links to put in the Custom Links dropdown.
Localization	The Localization property specifies the strings that appear in the runtime user interface of RadEditor.
LocalizationPath	Gets or sets a value indicating where the editor will look for its .resx localization files. By default these files should be in the App_GlobalResources folder. However, if you cannot put the resource files in the default location or .resx files compilation is disabled for some reason (e.g. in a DotNetNuke environment), this property should be set to the location of the resource files.
MaxHtmlLength	Gets or sets the max length (in symbols) of the HTML inserted in the RadEditor. When the value is 0 the property is disabled.
MaxTextLength	Gets or sets the max length (in symbols) of the text inserted in the RadEditor. When the value is 0 the property is disabled.
MediaManager	Contains the configuration of the MediaManager dialog.
Modules	Gets the list of modules that should be made included in RadEditor.
NamingContainer	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
NewLineMode	Gets or sets the value indicating whether the RadEditor will insert a new line or a paragraph when the [Enter] key is pressed.
OnClientCommandExecuted	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called after an editor command was executed.
OnClientCommandExecuting	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called before an editor command starts executing.
OnClientInit	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called when editor starts to load on the client.
OnClientLoad	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called when editor is loaded on the client.
OnClientModeChange	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called when the content is submitted.
OnClientPasteHtml	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called when a dialog is closed, but before its value returned would be pasted into the editor.
OnClientSelectionChange	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called when selection inside editor content area changes
OnClientSubmit	Gets or sets a value indicating the client-side event handler that is called when the content is submitted.
Page	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Paragraphs	Gets the collection containing the paragraph styles to put in the Paragraph Style dropdown.
Parent	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
RealFontSizes	Gets the collection containing the custom real font sizes to put in the RealFontSize dropdown.
RegisterWithScriptManager	Gets or sets the value, indicating whether to register with the ScriptManager control on the page. (Inherited from RadWebControl)
SilverlightManager	Contains the configuration of the SilverlightManager dialog.
Site	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Skin	Overridden. Gets or sets the skin name for the control user interface.
SkinID	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
Snippets	Gets the collection containing the snippets to put in the Code Snippet dropdown.
SpellCheckSettings	Contains the configuration of the spell checker.
StripFormattingOnPaste	This property is obsolete. Please, use the StripFormattingOptions property instead.
StripFormattingOptions	Gets or sets the value indicating how the editor should clear the HTML formatting when the user pastes data into the content area.
Style	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
Symbols	Gets the collection containing the symbols to put in the Symbols dropdown.
TabIndex	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
TableLayoutCssFile	Gets or sets a string, containing the location of the CSS styles for table css style layout tool in the TableProperties dialogue.
TemplateControl	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
TemplateManager	Contains the configuration of the TemplateManager dialog.
TemplateSourceDirectory	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Text	Gets the text content of the RadEditor control without the HTML markup. The text displayed in the RadEditor without the HTML markup. The default is string.Empty
ToolAdapter	Gets or sets the tool adapter, which is responsible for rendering the tools in the toolbar. The default tool adapter is of type Telerik.Web.UI.Editor.DefaultToolAdapter
ToolbarMode	Gets or sets the value indicating how the editor toolbar will be rendered and will act on the client
ToolProviderID	Gets or sets a string containing the ID (will search for both server or client ID) of a client object that should be used as a tool provider.
Tools	Gets the collection containing RadEditor tools.
ToolsFile	Gets or sets a string containing the path to the XML toolbar configuration file.
ToolsWidth	Gets or sets the width of the editor's toolbar (should be used when ToolbarMode != Default).
ToolTip	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
UniqueID	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Visible	(Inherited from RadWebControl)
Width	Overridden. Gets or sets the width of the Web server control. The default width is 680 pixels.

Public Methods

Name	Description
ApplyStyle	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
ApplyStyleSheetSkin	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
CopyBaseAttributes	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
DataBind	Overloaded. (Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
DisableFilter	Removes a specific filter from the ContentFilters .
Dispose	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
EnableFilter	Add a specific filter to the ContentFilters .
EnsureToolsFileLoaded	Forces the ToolsFile to be parsed and loaded at any given time.
ExportToDocx	This method is used to export the editor's content to DOCX format.
ExportToPdf	This method is used to export the editor's content to PDF format.
ExportToRtf	This method is used to export the editor's content to RTF format.
FindControl	Overloaded. (Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
FindTool	Finds the tool with the given name.
Focus	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
GetEmbeddedSkinNames	Returns the names of all embedded skins. Used by Telerik.Web.Examples. (Inherited from RadWebControl)
HasControls	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
LoadDocxContent	Overloaded.More information about this method is available in the Import from DOCX and RTF article.
LoadRtfContent	Overloaded.More information about this method is available in the Import from DOCX and RTF article.
LoadToolsFile	Overloaded.
MergeStyle	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl )
RenderControl	Overloaded. (Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
ResolveClientUrl	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
ResolveUrl	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
SetPaths	Used to set the file browser configuration paths for the editor dialogs
SetRenderMethodDelegate	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )

Public Events

Name	Description
DataBinding	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Disposed	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
ExportContent	This event is raised before the export of a file. The file export can be canceled by setting the Cancel property exposed by the EditorExportingArgs to false .
FileDelete	This event is raised before the deletion of a file and using the current content provider. The file deletion can be canceled if the event handler returns false.
FileUpload	This event is raised before the storing of a file and using the current content provider. The file upload can be canceled if the event handler returns false.
ImportContent	This event is raised before the import of a file.
Init	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
Load	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
PreRender	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )
TextChanged	Occurs when the content of the RadEditor changes between posts to the server.
Unload	(Inherited from System.Web.UI.Control )