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How do I achieve formatting of a text inside a TextBlock control in my WPF application?
e.g.: I would like to have certain words in bold, others in italic, and some in different colors, like this example:
The reason behind my question is this actual problem:
lblcolorfrom.Content = "Colour From: " + colourChange.ElementAt(3).Value.ToUpper();
I would like the second part of the string to be bold, and I know that I could use two controls (Labels, TextBlocks, etc.) but I'd rather not, due the vast amount of controls already in use.

You need to use Inlines:
<TextBlock.Inlines>
<Run FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="14" Text="This is WPF TextBlock Example. " />
<Run FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="Red" Text="This is red text. " />
</TextBlock.Inlines>
With binding:
<TextBlock.Inlines>
<Run FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="14" Text="{Binding BoldText}" />
<Run FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="Red" Text="{Binding ItalicText}" />
</TextBlock.Inlines>
You can also bind the other properties:
<TextBlock.Inlines>
<Run FontWeight="{Binding Weight}"
FontSize="{Binding Size}"
Text="{Binding LineOne}" />
<Run FontStyle="{Binding Style}"
Foreground="Binding Colour}"
Text="{Binding LineTwo}" />
</TextBlock.Inlines>
You can bind through converters if you have bold as a boolean (say).

You can do this in XAML easily enough:
<TextBlock>
Hello <Bold>my</Bold> faithful <Underline>computer</Underline>.<Italic>You rock!</Italic>
</TextBlock>

There are various Inline elements that can help you, for the simplest formatting options you can use Bold, Italic and Underline:
<TextBlock>
Sample text with <Bold>bold</Bold>, <Italic>italic</Italic> and <Underline>underlined</Underline> words.
</TextBlock>
I think it is worth noting, that those elements are in fact just shorthands for Span elements with various properties set (i.e.: for Bold, the FontWeight property is set to FontWeights.Bold).
This brings us to our next option: the aforementioned Span element.
You can achieve the same effects with this element as above, but you are granted even more possibilities; you can set (among others) the Foreground or the Background properties:
<TextBlock>
Sample text with <Span FontWeight="Bold">bold</Span>, <Span FontStyle="Italic">italic</Span> and <Span TextDecorations="Underline">underlined</Span> words. <Span Foreground="Blue">Coloring</Span> <Span Foreground="Red">is</Span> <Span Background="Cyan">also</Span> <Span Foreground="Silver">possible</Span>.
</TextBlock>
The Span element may also contain other elements like this:
<TextBlock>
<Span FontStyle="Italic">Italic <Span Background="Yellow">text</Span> with some <Span Foreground="Blue">coloring</Span>.</Span>
</TextBlock>
There is another element, which is quite similar to Span, it is called Run. The Run cannot contain other inline elements while the Span can, but you can easily bind a variable to the Run's Text property:
<TextBlock>
Username: <Run FontWeight="Bold" Text="{Binding UserName}"/>
</TextBlock>
Also, you can do the whole formatting from code-behind if you prefer:
TextBlock tb = new TextBlock();
tb.Inlines.Add("Sample text with ");
tb.Inlines.Add(new Run("bold") { FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold });
tb.Inlines.Add(", ");
tb.Inlines.Add(new Run("italic ") { FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic });
tb.Inlines.Add("and ");
tb.Inlines.Add(new Run("underlined") { TextDecorations = TextDecorations.Underline });
tb.Inlines.Add("words.");

Check out this example from Charles Petzolds Bool Application = Code + markup
//----------------------------------------------
// FormatTheText.cs (c) 2006 by Charles Petzold
//----------------------------------------------
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Documents;
namespace Petzold.FormatTheText
{
class FormatTheText : Window
{
[STAThread]
public static void Main()
{
Application app = new Application();
app.Run(new FormatTheText());
}
public FormatTheText()
{
Title = "Format the Text";
TextBlock txt = new TextBlock();
txt.FontSize = 32; // 24 points
txt.Inlines.Add("This is some ");
txt.Inlines.Add(new Italic(new Run("italic")));
txt.Inlines.Add(" text, and this is some ");
txt.Inlines.Add(new Bold(new Run("bold")));
txt.Inlines.Add(" text, and let's cap it off with some ");
txt.Inlines.Add(new Bold(new Italic (new Run("bold italic"))));
txt.Inlines.Add(" text.");
txt.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap;
Content = txt;
}
}
}

a good site, with good explanations:
http://www.wpf-tutorial.com/basic-controls/the-textblock-control-inline-formatting/
here the author gives you good examples for what you are looking for! Overal the site is great for research material plus it covers a great deal of options you have in WPF
Edit
There are different methods to format the text. for a basic formatting (the easiest in my opinion):
<TextBlock Margin="10" TextWrapping="Wrap">
TextBlock with <Bold>bold</Bold>, <Italic>italic</Italic> and <Underline>underlined</Underline> text.
</TextBlock>
Example 1 shows basic formatting with Bold Itallic and underscored text.
Following includes the SPAN method, with this you van highlight text:
<TextBlock Margin="10" TextWrapping="Wrap">
This <Span FontWeight="Bold">is</Span> a
<Span Background="Silver" Foreground="Maroon">TextBlock</Span>
with <Span TextDecorations="Underline">several</Span>
<Span FontStyle="Italic">Span</Span> elements,
<Span Foreground="Blue">
using a <Bold>variety</Bold> of <Italic>styles</Italic>
</Span>.
</TextBlock>
Example 2 shows the span function and the different possibilities with it.
For a detailed explanation check the site!
Examples

This is my solution....
<TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{DynamicResource InstructionStyle}">
<Run Text="This wizard will take you through the purge process in the correct order." FontWeight="Bold"></Run>
<LineBreak></LineBreak>
<Run Text="To Begin, select" FontStyle="Italic"></Run>
<Run x:Name="InstructionSection" Text="'REPLACED AT RUNTIME'" FontWeight="Bold"></Run>
<Run Text="from the menu." FontStyle="Italic"></Run>
</TextBlock>
I am learning... so if anyone has thaughts on the above solution please share! :)

How to change span text in text block?

How to change span text e.g, if I have a XAML code like this:
<text block x:name="tb1">
<span x:name="span1">this is the first span/>
<span x:name="span2">this is the span I want to change</span.>
</text>
So how do I change the second span without ramps with the first?
I tried codes like:
span1.innerXAML="RANDOM TEXT"
But they didn't help.

Use Run to display the text in Span. Here is a code sample.
<TextBlock>
<Span>
<Run Name="MyText1" Text="My Text 1"/>
</Span>
</TextBlock>
To change value
MyText1.Text = "Changed Text";
To learn more about TextBlock: Text​Block Class

Page is not loading correctly in wph application

I have an application and created a RichTextBox in my page1 for my Windows Phone Application. The UI displays the way I want in the design box but when I try to run the application I get an error "EventHandler 'PhoneApplicationPage_Loaded' not found on class 'PhoneApp1.Page1'"
I don't understand what's going on at all and I thought maybe I was suppose to handle the actual display of the richtextbox in the coding cs section where I handled the button click to get to that page. When I look online all I see is how to use the richtextbox Like I have did on my xaml file. Any ideas what does that error mean?
Here is the code from my xaml and cs file:
namespace PhoneApp1
{
public partial class Page1 : PhoneApplicationPage
{
public Page1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
}
}
and the xaml corresponding to the cs is:
Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1" Margin="12,0,12,0">
<RichTextBox VerticalAlignment="Top">
<Paragraph>
<Bold FontSize="32">Great Stuff</Bold>
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
Great Stuff
<LineBreak></LineBreak>
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
<Bold FontSize="32">More Stuff</Bold>
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
More Stuff
<LineBreak></LineBreak>
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
<Bold FontSize="32">Some Stuff</Bold>
</Paragraph>
<Paragraph>
Some Stuff
</Paragraph>
</RichTextBox>
</Grid>

there is no problem with your code .
search your solution , does a event "PhoneApplicationPage_Loaded" exist?

How to "float" image in XAML (Windows 8 Metro)

Is it possible to do in XAML something like ffloat:left for an image in CSS. I need to create something like this:
with variable image dimensions and text length.
Edit: The text warp around the image is not static in my case, it is create in C# code that returns a list of TextBlock elements (with Runs)

With Silverlight 4 you would achieve this using a RichTextBox:
<RichTextBox TextWrapping="Wrap" IsReadOnly="False">
<Paragraph>
More text here ..
<InlineUIContainer>
<Image Source="abc.jpg"/>
</InlineUIContainer>
more and more text here;
<LineBreak />
</Paragraph>
</RichTextBox>
It looks like Win8 Metro has a RichTextBox, and also has an InlineUIContainer, so something like the above should work!

The solution seems to be using RichTextBlockOverflow and OverflowContentTarget described in this presentation: http://video.ch9.ms/build/2011/slides/APP-914T_Street.pptx

This question seems to be asking for something similar to what you want. The answer here should prove a solution to what you desire.
A summary of the answer is, use a FlowDocument like the following example:
<FlowDocument>
<Paragraph>
<Floater HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<BlockUIContainer>
<Image Source="/FlowDocumentTest;component/dog.png" Width="100" />
</BlockUIContainer>
</Floater>
Here is where the text goes to wrap around the image.
</Paragraph>
</FlowDocument>
Update
As your question states, you are now using some C# code to generate TextBlock/Run Elements, both can be children of a Paragraph object. So simply name your Paragraph like so:
<FlowDocument>
<Paragraph x:Name="textPara">
<Floater HorizontalAlignment="Left">
<BlockUIContainer>
<Image Source="/FlowDocumentTest;component/dog.png" Width="100" />
</BlockUIContainer>
</Floater>
</Paragraph>
</FlowDocument>
Then in C#, add your generated TextBlocks or Runs to the Inlines property of textPara, i.e.
var runToInsert = new Run("Some text to display");
textPara.Inlines.InsertAfter(textPara.Inlines.FirstInline, runToInsert);

How to make <UIElement> interactable or click-able in WPF UI

This is my first day to design UI using WPF. I have looked up MSDN official document of Flow Document and found that I can place an UI control inside a RichTextBox. I did put a button in but found it's not interactable - I cannot click on it as it's grey. And I also tried other controls and they all displayed fine but just don't support interaction. Even a hyperlink doesn't work.
I have searched over internet, the closest question ever asked is about how to make an inside hyperlink click-able: The similar question: C# WPF Text with links
I did the same thing but it didn't work! All component displayed well but just are not able to be clicked.
Here is my XAML code:
<RichTextBox Grid.Row="1" Margin="14.007,31.067,22.011,46.305" Name="rtxtRslt" BorderBrush="White" >
<FlowDocument>
<Section FontSize="15">
<Paragraph>
<Bold>Click on this:</Bold>
<Italic><Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://stackoverflow.com">http://www.jxitc.info</Hyperlink></Italic>
</Paragraph>
<BlockUIContainer>
<Button Click="Button_Click">Also Click On This</Button>
</BlockUIContainer>
</Section>
</FlowDocument>
</RichTextBox>
Can anyone give me some suggestion:
1. is it possible to make it click-able
2. if yes, if I forgot to set any/what attribution of the RichTextBox control?

First off your direct question: how to make the content of the RichTextBox "active". Set the IsDocumentEnabled property to True on the RichTextBox like shown here:
<RichTextBox Grid.Row="1" Margin="14.007,31.067,22.011,46.305" Name="rtxtRslt" BorderBrush="White"
IsDocumentEnabled="True">
<FlowDocument>
<Section FontSize="15">
<Paragraph>
<Bold>Click on this:</Bold>
<Italic>
<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://stackoverflow.com">http://www.jxitc.info</Hyperlink>
</Italic>
</Paragraph>
<BlockUIContainer>
<Button Click="Button_Click" >Also Click On This</Button>
</BlockUIContainer>
</Section>
</FlowDocument>
</RichTextBox>
Now to the unspoken question: do you have to be in a RichTextBox at all? The fact that there is a special property on the RichTextBox to make embedded UI elements active kinda indicates that is not the normal usage for this control. It is meant to host editable FlowDocument content. So the user of the RichTextBox would typically be creating the document that hosts the button that a consumer of the document could click, if that helps make the distinction clear I don't know.
However, all that being said, your FlowDocument hosted instead in a simple FlowDocumentPageViewer is active by default.
<FlowDocumentPageViewer>
<FlowDocument>
<Section FontSize="15">
<Paragraph>
<Bold>Click on this:</Bold>
<Italic>
<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://stackoverflow.com">http://www.jxitc.info</Hyperlink>
</Italic>
</Paragraph>
<BlockUIContainer>
<Button Click="Button_Click" >Also Click On This</Button>
</BlockUIContainer>
</Section>
</FlowDocument>
</FlowDocumentPageViewer>
Now to the other unspoken question (unspeakable?) do you have to be in FlowDocument content at all? FlowDocument content is similar to, but not derived from UIElement. As such, many of the out-of-the-box features of UIElements are not available. If you need document functionality in the UI FlowDocuments can provide a great start but bring with them a pretty big learning curve in their own right.
The title of your question, if taken literally, makes me think you might just want a WPF UI that allows you to embed Buttons and Hyperlinks and have them work (gasp). That is certainly the default behavior. If you do not need the document look and feel that FlowDocument provides nor the real time document editing that RichTextBox provides you might consider a more "traditional" WPF layout.
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"
Margin="20">
<TextBlock>
<Bold>Click on this:</Bold>
<Italic>
<Hyperlink NavigateUri="http://stackoverflow.com">http://www.jxitc.info</Hyperlink>
</Italic>
</TextBlock>
<Button Click="Button_Click"
Margin="0,20,0,0">Also Click On This</Button>
</StackPanel>