Setting Document Background and Editor Background in UI for WinForms RichTextEditor

Updated on Oct 10, 2025

Environment

Product Version	Product	Author
2025.3.812	RichTextEditor for WinForms	Nadya Karaivanova

Description

I want to set the document's background color to white and the editor's background color to gray in the RichTextEditor component of UI for WinForms.

This knowledge base article also answers the following questions:

• How to customize the background color of RichTextEditor pages?
• How to set different colors for the RichTextEditor editor and document?
• How to use PageBackColor and BackColor properties in UI for WinForms RichTextEditor?

Solution

To set the desired background colors for the document and editor:

1. Use the RichTextBoxElement.BackColor property to assign a color to the editor background.
2. Use the RadRichTextEditor.PageBackColor property to assign a color to the document's background.

Example code:

C#

// Set editor background color
this.radRichTextEditor1.RichTextBoxElement.BackColor = Color.LightGray;

// Set page background
this.radRichTextEditor1.PageBackColor = Color.White;

See Also

• RichTextEditor Overview