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RichTextBox.Xaml Property

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Gets or sets a XAML representation of the content in the RichTextBox.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

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public string Xaml { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String object that is a XAML representation of the content in the RichTextBox.

Remarks

The XAML string returned by the Xaml property will only include the following elements:

Note:
Note that The XAML string returned by the Xaml property will not include any UIElement objects that are present in the content. The InlineUIContainer objects will be converted to empty Run objects.

The following table lists various elements and the corresponding properties that are included in the string returned by the Xaml property.

Element	Properties
TextElement	FontSize FontFamily Foreground FontWeight FontStyle FontStretch Note: The Xaml property only supports attribute values that can be represented as a string. For example, to set the Foreground property, you can only use a SolidColorBrush and not a LinearGradientBrush.
Run	FlowDirection Text
Section	HasTrailingParagraphBreakOnPaste
Block	TextAlignment
Hyperlink	TargetName NavigateUri MouseOverForeground MouseOverTextDecorations

The following code shows how the XAML is displayed by using the Xaml property.

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//Set the xamlTb TextBox with the current XAML of the RichTextBox and make it visible. Any changes to the XAML made 
//in xamlTb is also reflected back on the RichTextBox. Note that the Xaml string returned by RichTextBox.Xaml will 
//not include any UIElement contained in the current RichTextBox. Hence the UIElements will be lost when we 
//set the Xaml back again from the xamlTb to the RichTextBox.
public void btnMarkUp_Checked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (btnMarkUp.IsChecked.Value)
    {
        xamlTb.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Visible;
        xamlTb.IsTabStop = true;
        xamlTb.Text = rtb.Xaml;
    }
    else
    {
        rtb.Xaml = xamlTb.Text;
        xamlTb.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
        xamlTb.IsTabStop = false;
    }

}