Text Editor - Windows Forms

This application is a text editor written in C# and Windows Forms as part of my college class final project in Fall 2016. Other projects for the final project included:

• Simple login program using a SQL local database with Visual Studio. Link to source: https://github.com/hjohnson12/LoginPanel
• Simple implementation of a file watcher program that watches a source directory for changes and copies the changes to the destination directory. Link to source: https://github.com/hjohnson12/FileSync
• Basic application that connects to a ftp server and does simple operations such as read contents in a directory, upload a file, and delete a file. Link to source: https://github.com/hjohnson12/FtpConnect

NOTE: This version is not currently being worked on, waiting on XAML Islands release for further update

• This project was re-made into a Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform application a couple years ago when testing with UWP for the first time. It is now being re-made to use the newer framework and controls when free time is available: https://github.com/hjohnson12/NotepadEditorUWP

Screenshots of WinForms Version

Standard design for text editor:

Able to open files and display them into the editor:

• Line/Column numbers also show according to where your cursor is selected

Able to see an example of the color before you choose it:

• Uses a KnownColor object for the selected color. Once backcolor is set, it converts the color to RGB values and determines if its considered a lighter or darker color. It then changes the text color accordingly:
  • The following is the C# snippet:

  // fill colors in color drop down list
            foreach (System.Reflection.PropertyInfo prop in typeof(Color).GetProperties())
            {
                if (prop.PropertyType.FullName == "System.Drawing.Color")
                {
                    colorList.Add(prop.Name);     
                }
            }
           
            // fill the drop down items list
            foreach(string color in colorList)
            {
                colorStripDropDownButton.DropDownItems.Add(color);
            }
  
            // fill BackColor for each color in the DropDownItems list
            for (int i = 0; i < colorStripDropDownButton.DropDownItems.Count; i++)
            {
                // Create KnownColor object
                KnownColor selectedColor;
                selectedColor = (KnownColor)System.Enum.Parse(typeof(KnownColor), colorList[i]);    // parse to a KnownColor
                colorStripDropDownButton.DropDownItems[i].BackColor = Color.FromKnownColor(selectedColor);    // set the BackColor to its appropriate list item
  
                // Set the text color depending on if the barkground is darker or lighter
                // create Color object
                Color col = Color.FromName(colorList[i]);
  
                // 255,255,255 = White and 0,0,0 = Black
                // Max sum of RGB values is 765 -> (255 + 255 + 255)
                // Middle sum of RGB values is 382 -> (765/2)
                // Color is considered darker if its <= 382
                // Color is considered lighter if its > 382
                sumRGB = ConvertToRGB(col);    // get the color objects sum of the RGB value
                if (sumRGB <= MIDDLE)    // Darker Background
                {
                    colorStripDropDownButton.DropDownItems[i].ForeColor = Color.White;    // set to White text
                }
                else if (sumRGB > MIDDLE)    // Lighter Background
                {
                    colorStripDropDownButton.DropDownItems[i].ForeColor = Color.Black;    // set to Black text
                }
            }

Icons on each menu item in the menu bar:

Prerequisites

Requires Visual Studio 2017 or higher to run.

Built With

• C# Windows Forms

Contributing

[Coming Soon]

Authors

• Hunter - Initial work - hjohnson012

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details