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Last Updated: 17 Nov 2020 07:11 by ADMIN
ADMIN
Tanya
Created on: 12 Sep 2016 11:02
Category: RichTextBox
Type: Feature Request
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RichTextBox: Add support for page background color


In MS Word, the users can change the background color of the page. 


A 'w:background' property is applied to the whole document in DOCX, and this property is used as a page color in Paged layout mode, and as a background color in Web layout mode. 


When implementing, think of whether RadRichTextBox.Background should be synchronized with this property when RadRichTextBox.DocumentInheritsDefaultStyleSettings is true.


Workaround: Currently, background could be set using RadRichTextBox.Background property in Web layout mode, and using a custom style, as described in When the LayoutMode is Paged the Background forum thread, in Paged layout mode.


 

		



	

	

		
	

	
	

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						Tanya
					

					

						Posted on:
						17 Nov 2020 07:11
					

				

			

			

				

					
Hi Joshua,
I am sorry to hear your disappointment with this missing functionality. Although I completely understand the inconvenience it might be causing you, it is not scheduled for implementation at this point as the team is working on more demanded tasks. I have raised the priority of the task but due to the tight planning and the relatively low demand for this feature, I am unable to say when it might be implemented.
Please, make sure to continue following this item so we can notify you about status changes on it. 
Regards,
 
Tanya

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						Joshua
					

					

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						10 Nov 2020 21:55
					

				

			

			

				

					I'd also like to add that setting page color has been a normal feature of Microsoft Word since at least Office 95. Market penetration of the feature is 100% and all DOCX files can be expected to set page color.
				

			

				

		

		

			

				

					

		
	


				

				

					

						Joshua
					

					

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						10 Nov 2020 21:24
					

				

			

			

				

					The workaround is not a complete workaround because it assumes the application knows what the document file's page color is. Otherwise, the file has to be loaded twice: once to populate the document object, and once to expand the DOCX and parse the XML to manually find the page color. This is very inefficient for large files. I would have to do the same for HTML files and parse the HTML syntax a second time to know what the page color should be.

Also, the workaround only applies to reading files. I use Telerik’s library to write DOCX files too. The workaround would suggest I have to write the DOCX once, then read it back, then write it a second time with the page color.

Is this a complicated feature on your side? I considered implementing this myself and offering it as a pull request, but I wouldn't even know where to begin, and it seems overwhelming for me to learn that area of the library code within the time I can commit. In the meantime, I am unable to read dark-themed documents created by Microsoft Word users, or to create dark-themed documents that they can read.

				

			

		





    



        

            

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