# SA.CodeView

**Repository Path**: TieScript/SA.CodeView

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: SA.CodeView
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: C#
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2025-12-27
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-27

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## README

# SA.CodeView
C# WinForms code editor with syntax highlighting

SA.CodeView is light-weight viewer and editor with syntax highlighting. It can be used as single-line text field or as fully functioned editor. It was initially developed for some application but then was segregated as standalone open-source library.

## Quick Start

* Download the sources and compile SA.CodeView.dll library.
* Create new Windows Forms project and open Form1.cs designer view.
* Toolbox panel -> right click -> Choose Items... -> Browse. CodeViewer control should appear.
* Drag and drop CodeViewer into the form.
* Specify Language property, compile the project.

## Features
* **Line Numbers**. Just Set ShowLineNumbers = true.
* **"Find Text" window**. Invoke ShowFind() method from your code.

![ShowFind window](https://github.com/ygavrishov/SA.CodeView/blob/master/Screenshots/find-window.png)

* **Current line highlighting**. Turn on HighlightCurrentLine property.

![Current line highlighting](https://github.com/ygavrishov/SA.CodeView/blob/master/Screenshots/current-line-highlihting.png)

* **Ability to change background and border for some text fragments**. Spans can be used for this purpose. The span is part of the text with specified background and border color. Add items to Spans collection to use this feature:
```csharp
	codeViewer.Text = "Span sample";
	codeViewer.Spans.Add(Brushes.LightGreen, 0, 2, 7);
```

![Spans sample](https://github.com/ygavrishov/SA.CodeView/blob/master/Screenshots/spans-sample.png)

* **Syntax highlighting**. SA.CodeView has expandable system of different languages support. It also supports predefined support of XML and different dialects of SQL. To enable syntax highlighting select on of predefined languages: 
```csharp
	codeViewer.Language = PredefinedLanguage.MsSql;
```

![Syntax highlighting](https://github.com/ygavrishov/SA.CodeView/blob/master/Screenshots/syntax-highlighting.png)

or implement your own implementation.