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Multiline Property (UltraTextEditor)

Gets/sets whether the control supports multiple lines of text.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property Multiline As Boolean
public virtual bool Multiline {get; set;}
Example
This example configures the control for multiline text entry.

Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinEditors

    '	This example configures the control for multiline text entry.
    Private Sub SetupMultilineText()

        '	Set Multiline to true so we can have multiple lines of text in the control
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.Multiline = True

        '	Set the size of the control to be large enough to accommodate
        '	a few lines of text
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.Width = 300
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.Height = 200

        '	Set AcceptsReturn to true so the ENTER key creates a new line of text
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.AcceptsReturn = True

        '	Set AcceptsTab to true so the TAB key does not cause us to navigate
        '	to the next control on the form
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.AcceptsTab = True

        '	Set the Scrollbars property to display a vertical scrollbar,
        '	but not a horizontal one
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.Scrollbars = ScrollBars.Vertical

        '	Set the MaxLength property to 1Kb so we limit the amount
        '	of text that can be typed into the control
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.MaxLength = 1024

        '	Preset the text displayed by the control, and select it all
        '	so that the preset text will be removed as soon as the
        '	end user starts typing.
        '	Note that we must be in edit mode to set the text selection,
        '	so use the control's Focus method to get it into edit mode.
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.Text = "[Type description here]"
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.Focus()
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.SelectionStart = 0
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.SelectionLength = Me.UltraTextEditor1.Text.Length

        '	Suppress word wrapping so the end user has full control
        '	over the line breaks.
        Me.UltraTextEditor1.WordWrap = False
    End Sub
using System.Diagnostics;
using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinEditors;

		private void SetupMultilineText()
		{
			//	Set Multiline to true so we can have multiple lines of text in the control
			this.ultraTextEditor1.Multiline = true;

			//	Set the size of the control to be large enough to accommodate
			//	a few lines of text
			this.ultraTextEditor1.Width = 300;
			this.ultraTextEditor1.Height = 200;

			//	Set AcceptsReturn to true so the ENTER key creates a new line of text
			this.ultraTextEditor1.AcceptsReturn = true;

			//	Set AcceptsTab to true so the TAB key does not cause us to navigate
			//	to the next control on the form
			this.ultraTextEditor1.AcceptsTab = true;

			//	Set the Scrollbars property to display a vertical scrollbar,
			//	but not a horizontal one
			this.ultraTextEditor1.Scrollbars = ScrollBars.Vertical;

			//	Set the MaxLength property to 1Kb so we limit the amount
			//	of text that can be typed into the control
			this.ultraTextEditor1.MaxLength = 1024;

			//	Preset the text displayed by the control, and select it all
			//	so that the preset text will be removed as soon as the
			//	end user starts typing.
			//	Note that we must be in edit mode to set the text selection,
			//	so use the control's Focus method to get it into edit mode.
			this.ultraTextEditor1.Text = "[Type description here]";
			this.ultraTextEditor1.Focus();
			this.ultraTextEditor1.SelectionStart = 0;
			this.ultraTextEditor1.SelectionLength = this.ultraTextEditor1.Text.Length;
	
			//	Suppress word wrapping so the end user has full control
			//	over the line breaks.
			this.ultraTextEditor1.WordWrap = false;
		}
Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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