Where does TextContent live in the IronWord API?

TextContent is a class in the IronWord.Models namespace, shipped in IronWord.dll. It derives from ContentElement and implements ITextContentElement and IWordTextObject. Paragraph.AddText and Run.AddText return a TextContent that you then style or edit.

How do you add and style text in a C# Word document?

Create a TextContent with the text, then assign a TextStyle to its Style property to set bold, italic, color, font, and size. Add it to a paragraph with Paragraph.AddText, which itself returns the TextContent for further edits.

How do you find and replace text in IronWord?

Call Find on a TextContent to get the match offsets, or Replace to swap one string for another in place. Replace returns the updated element, and Split breaks a run into a List of TextContent on a delimiter.

Class TextContent

Represents a single run of text within a text content element.

Inheritance

System.Object

ContentElement

TextContent

Implements

ITextContentElement

IWordTextObject

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IText

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject

IronSoftware.Abstractions.IDocumentObject

System.ICloneable

IronSoftware.Abstractions.IJsonSerializable

Inherited Members

ContentElement.Replace(IWordDocumentObject)

ContentElement.Remove()

ContentElement.GetIndex<T>()

ContentElement.Clone()

ContentElement.CloneObject()

ContentElement.Parent

ContentElement.Status

Namespace: IronWord.Models

Assembly: IronWord.dll

Syntax

public class TextContent : ContentElement, ITextContentElement, IWordTextObject

TextContent is the run of text you hold whenever you add, find, or restyle words inside a Word document. It carries the characters and the formatting that travel with them, so a single object answers both "what does this say" and "how does it look" when you build a paragraph in C#.

A developer rarely constructs one in isolation. Paragraph.AddText and Run.AddText return a TextContent, FindText hands one back when you search, and Run accepts a params TextContent[] of them. Once you hold the object it slots into the document's element tree, ready to be appended to, split, or styled before the file is saved.

Set the words through the Text property and the formatting through Style, which is a TextStyle covering bold, italic, color, font, and the effect stack. Convenience accessors expose the resolved formatting directly so you can read it without reaching into the style object: IsBold and IsItalic report the toggles, Color gives the fill, and Font, FontName, FontSize, and FontStyle describe the typeface. These accessors read the effective look, which is useful when you inspect a run that came back from a search rather than one you just built.

For editing existing copy, the run carries its own methods. Append joins another run onto this one and returns the combined run, Split breaks a run on a delimiter into a List<TextContent>, Find returns the offsets where a search string occurs, and Replace swaps text in place and hands back the updated element. ToJson and ToString serialize the run for logging, diffing, or inspection while you debug a document tree.

using IronWord.Models;

var run = new TextContent("Quarterly Report");
run.Style = new TextStyle { IsBold = true, FontSize = 18 };

The add text how-to walks through placing runs in a document, the style text how-to applies formatting, and the replace words how-to shows find-and-replace on existing copy.

Constructors

TextContent()

Initializes a new instance of the Text class.

Declaration

public TextContent()

TextContent(String)

Initializes a new instance of the Text class with the specified text content.

Declaration

public TextContent(string text)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	text	The initial text content of the Text object.

Properties

Color

The color of the text.

Declaration

public Color Color { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color

Font

Declaration

public IFont Font { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IFont

FontName

Declaration

public string FontName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Type	Description
System.Single

FontStyle

Declaration

public string FontStyle { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

IsBold

Declaration

public bool IsBold { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

IsItalic

Declaration

public bool IsItalic { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Style

Style for text.

Declaration

public TextStyle Style { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
TextStyle

Text

Gets or sets the text content of the Run.

Declaration

public string Text { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Methods

Append(TextContent)

Appends the text content to this Text content.

Declaration

public TextContent Append(TextContent textContent)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TextContent	textContent	The text content to append.

Returns

Type	Description
TextContent

Find(String, Nullable<RegexOptions>, Boolean, Boolean)

Finds the indices of the specified search text within the text.

Declaration

public List<int> Find(string searchText, Nullable<RegexOptions> regexOption = null, bool wholeWordOnly = false, bool caseSensitive = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	searchText	The text to search for.
System.Nullable<System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions>	regexOption	Optional. The regular expression options.
System.Boolean	wholeWordOnly	Optional. Indicates whether to match the whole word only.
System.Boolean	caseSensitive	Optional. Indicates whether the search is case-sensitive.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Int32>	A list of indices where the search text is found.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	Thrown when `searchText` is null.

Replace(String, String, Nullable<RegexOptions>, Boolean, Boolean)

Finds and replaces text within this TextContentElement.

Declaration

public ITextContentElement Replace(string searchText, string replaceText, Nullable<RegexOptions> regexOption = null, bool wholeWordOnly = false, bool caseSensitive = false)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	searchText	The text to search for.
System.String	replaceText	The text to replace with.
System.Nullable<System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions>	regexOption	Optional regex options
System.Boolean	wholeWordOnly	Replace whole words only
System.Boolean	caseSensitive	Whether the search is case-sensitive

Returns

Type	Description
ITextContentElement

Split(String)

Splits the current Run into smaller Runs based on a delimiter.

Declaration

public List<TextContent> Split(string delimiter)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	delimiter	The delimiter to use for splitting.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<TextContent>	List of Run objects after split.

ToJson()

Declaration

public string ToJson()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

ToString()

Provides a textual representation of the TextContentElement.

Declaration

public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	A string representation of the element.

Implements

ITextContentElement

IWordTextObject

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IText

IronSoftware.Abstractions.Word.IWordDocumentObject

IronSoftware.Abstractions.IDocumentObject

System.ICloneable

IronSoftware.Abstractions.IJsonSerializable

Inherited members

Replace(IWordDocumentObject)

Remove()

GetIndex<T>()

Clone()

CloneObject()

Parent

Status