Commands

RadSyntaxEditor exposes its functionality through various commands that can be executed on its behalf. All commands can be accessed through the Commands property of the control. Here's a full list of the available commands:

• OpenFindDialogCommand: Opens the find dialog. If there is any selected text, it is loaded in the search textbox.
• CloseFindDialogCommand: Closes the find dialog.
• NavigateNextMatchCommand: Navigates to the next matched text in the editor and selects it. If the match is contained in a folded region, it is unfolded. Takes as a parameter the search text.
• NavigatePreviousMatchCommand: Navigates to the previous matched text in the editor and selects it. If the match is contained in a folded region, it is unfolded. Takes as a parameter the search text.
• HighlightAllMatchesCommand: Tries to highlight all span matches via all registered TextSearchHighlightTaggers. Takes as a parameter the search text.
• BackspaceCommand: Deletes the selected text or the last character before the caret if there is no selection.
• CodeCompletionCommand: Shows the IntelliSense code completion dialog.
• CutCommand: Cuts the selected text or the current line if there is no selection.
• CopyCommand: Copies the selected text or the current line if there is no selection.
• PasteCommand: Pastes over the selected text or at the caret's position if there is no selection.
• DeleteCommand: Deletes the selected text or the first character after the caret if there is no selection.
• DeleteFullLineCommand: Deletes the full line on which the cursor currently is.
• DeleteWordToLeftCommand: Deletes the word to the left of the cursor.
• DeleteWordToRightCommand: Deletes the word to the right of the cursor.
• IndentCommand: Indents the selected text or the current line if there is no selection.
• UnindentCommand: Unindents the selected text or the current line if there is no selection.
• MoveCaretCommand: Moves the caret depending on the CaretMovementType parameter which is passed.
• RedoCommand: Redoes the last undo action.
• UndoCommand: Undoes the last action.
• SelectAllCommand: Selects all the text.
• ToggleInsertModeCommand: Toggles the insert mode.

The following example demonstrates how you can use commands to navigate and delete the first occurrence of the "Telerik" word from the loaded text in code-behind.

Example 1: Using commands in code-behind

this.radSyntaxEditor1.Commands.NavigateNextMatchCommand.Execute("Telerik");
this.radSyntaxEditor1.Commands.DeleteCommand.Execute(null);

Me.radSyntaxEditor1.Commands.NavigateNextMatchCommand.Execute("Telerik")
Me.radSyntaxEditor1.Commands.DeleteCommand.Execute(Nothing)