I have gotten code from this thread previously that showed me how to add transparency to the back ground. Which did work, however it only works for a rich text editor that was already created and placed on my window. If I try to add the background color (with a lower then 255 alpha value) at the same time which I create the XamRichTextEditor the background color does not show up transparent, in fact it just stays white.
Regards,
Aaron
Hello Aaron,
Thank you for your post!
I have been looking into your issue. I have created a small sample application in order to test the functionality you have reported and I was not able to reproduce it.
In the sample application I have been testing with I have a button. When the user clicks it a XamRichTextEditor is added to the Window and the background is being set.
I am attaching the above mentioned sample application. Would you please modify it with the functionality you are using, so the issue is reproducible? This way I would be able to further investigate this for you.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
That does work for solid colors yes. however my issue is specifically if the color has transparency in it. Meaning the alpha channel of the ARGB that the color is formed from cannot be 255.
Thank you for the provided information.
I have modified the sample application with the code snippet, that you have provided.
Using the code xamRichTextEditor1.Document.RootNode.Settings = new DocumentSettings() { Background = new ColorInfo(Color.FromArgb(100,100,100,100)) }; would rise an exception. After further research in our source it seems, that the control is designed to not accept a ColorInfo with value for the Alpha less than 255 through the settings of the Document.
What I can suggest is to create a style for the LayoutTransformer and handle the Loaded event of this element. Then in the handler the Utilities class can be used, in order to find visual elements. Using this class you have to find the XamRichTextEditor, RichDocumentViewPresenter, Grid(TextAreaHostGrid) and the RichDocumentViewTextArea and set their background properties to Transparent.
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Something like this is what I want to do at start up.
xamRichTextEditor1.Document.RootNode.Settings = new DocumentSettings() { Background = new ColorInfo(/*Colors.Yellow*/Color.FromArgb(100,100,100,100) )};