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[eagleearth_ap]

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to create a new line without causing the bullet to change colour. I have a bullet followed by a coloured text, but when I do Environment.NewLine it will change the bullets colour (which was originally black). Is there a way to fix this?

And here is the code which I am currently using for Eagle Earth, which shows the text when it sends or receives a message in a conversation.

           private void PrintText(Contact c, TextMessage message)

           {

               if (ConvoChat.Text != string.Empty) ConvoChat.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);

               if (lastsent != c.Name)

               {

                   ConvoChat.SelectionBullet = false;

                   ConvoChat.SelectionColor = c.Mail == _conversation.Messenger.Owner.Mail ? Color.Blue : Color.Black;


                   if (_contact.Status != PresenceStatus.Offline) ConvoChat.AppendText(c.Name + " says:" + Environment.NewLine);

                   else ConvoChat.AppendText(c.Name + " (" + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ")" + " says:" + Environment.NewLine);


                   

                   lastsent = c.Name;

               }

               

               ConvoChat.SelectionBullet = true;

               ConvoChat.SelectionColor = message.Color;

               ConvoChat.SelectionFont = new Font(message.Font, 10f);

               ConvoChat.AppendText(message.Text);

               ConvoChat.SelectedText = string.Empty;

           }

Thanks :)

[Davide]

I guess you have to move the cursor to the next line.

[eagleearth_ap]

What do you mean? Could you show a code example if possible?

[Davide]

No idea how to do that in code, but it's like pressing enter in notepad. The cursor is that line that constantly blinks.

[eagleearth_ap]

Thanks I got it, but is there to a way to add a new line programatically instead of using Environment.NewLine()?

[Davide]

string textWithLines = "Line 1 \n Line 2 \n Line 3";

Use \n.

[eagleearth_ap]

Thanks I tried it but it didnt work with the RichTextBox.
When I press enter after the line, it didn't change the bullet colour, but when I do this:

if (ConvoChat.Text != string.Empty) ConvoChat.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);

This will, so I'm not quite sure.

[Davide]

if (ConvoChat.Text != string.Empty) ConvoChat.AppendText("\n");

This works?

[eagleearth_ap]

Nope it still changes the bullet colour even after that.

[Davide]

Apparently you can't use anything else in RTF.

[eagleearth_ap]

I've fixed it a bit but it is still a problem when I type a first message and then type another which turns the first line into a coloured bullet. The rest remains black. I have added this code at the moment:

               ConvoChat.SelectionColor = Color.Black;

I put this at the end of the code at the 1st post.