Simploe RichTextEditor

Hi, Eusebio,

I would recommend you to have a look at our Demo application >> RichTextEditor >> CommandBar UI example which demonstrates a simplified UI for formatting the content in RadRichTextEditor:

The Demo app is usually located in the installation folder of the suite: C:\Program Files (x86)\Progress\Telerik UI for WinForms R3 2020\Examples\QuickStart\Bin

An alternative approach is to use the SelectionMiniToolBar. It is a floating toolbar that appears next to the current position after making a selection with the mouse in the document. It contains some useful commands for formatting text: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/richtexteditor/ui-for-applying-rich-text-formatting/selection-mini-toolbar 

Regards,
Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Sr.
Progress Telerik

Thanks Dess,

If we use the RadCommandBar control, do I have to put my own icons? ... or ... How to include the icons Bold, Italic, etc.?

Best regards

Hi Eusebio,

If you use the RadCommandBar, it will be necessary to build it from scratch and to specify your own icons. Each of the buttons exposes an Image property and you could easily set it. For example, you can create a CommandBarButton and set its image as simply as this: 

CommandBarButton buttonPrint = new CommandBarButton();
buttonPrint.Image = Image.FromFile(@"..\..\print.png");

You can refer to the RadCommandBar documentation for detailed information and examples: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/commandbar/getting-started. Additionally, you can also check the demo application already discussed in this thread: C:\Program Files (x86)\Progress\Telerik UI for WinForms R3 2020\Examples\QuickStart\Bin.

Alternatively, to the command bar, you can use a RichTextEditorRibbonBar: https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/richtexteditor/ui-for-applying-rich-text-formatting/ribbon-ui. The control is already configured and it comes with built-in icons. In the latest release, R3 2020, we changed the icons with vector images so that they scale flawlessly on High DPI.

I hope this will help.

Regards,
Hristo
Progress Telerik