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

hjohnson12/TextEditor