creating a style sheet for wxRichTextCtrl - sample code Topic is solved

[gopalvenu]

Here is a code snippet I wrote for creating a style sheet for a wxRichTextCtrl, and thought I'll share it in case it will be of use to others. You can probably modify it for other types of text control. Public domain. Use at your own risk. Note that I chose to create objects as static instead of calling new.

Keywords: wxRichTextCtrl RichText rich text stylesheet style sheet wxTextCtrl TextCtrl

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#include <wx/richtext/richtextstyles.h>                         // needed for wxRichTextStyleSheet below
void create_style_sheet_if_first_time(wxRichTextCtrl& rt )
{
	static bool first_time(true);
	if (!first_time) return;
                                                                //   create a new style that we want
	static wxRichTextAttr st_title = rt.GetDefaultStyleEx();     //   start with default style as the base
	st_title.SetAlignment(wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_CENTRE);	           //   center it
	st_title.SetFontWeight(wxBOLD);                              //   make it bold
	st_title.SetParagraphSpacingAfter(20);                       //   set spacing after para
	static wxRichTextParagraphStyleDefinition std_title;         //   create a new style definition
	std_title.SetStyle(st_title);	                             //     set its style to the style we created
	std_title.SetName(L"Title_Style");                           //     give that style definition a name
                                                                //   create another new style that we want
	static wxRichTextAttr st_litem = rt.GetDefaultStyleEx();     //   start with default style as the base
	st_litem.SetAlignment(wxTEXT_ALIGNMENT_LEFT); 	            //   make it left aligned
	st_litem.SetParagraphSpacingAfter(10);                       //   set spacing after para
	static wxRichTextParagraphStyleDefinition std_litem;         //   create a new style definition
	std_litem.SetStyle(st_litem);	                             //     set its style to the style we created
	std_litem.SetName(L"List_Item_Style");                       //     give that style definition a name

	static wxRichTextStyleSheet myStyleSheet;                    // create a new rich text style sheet
	myStyleSheet.AddParagraphStyle(&std_title);                  //   add new style definition to style sheet
	myStyleSheet.AddParagraphStyle(&std_litem);                  //   add new style definition to style sheet
	rt.SetStyleSheet(&myStyleSheet);                             // use the style sheet in our rich text control
	first_time = false;
}