Other Useful Events

This page documents the events on WinFormHtmlEditor that are useful but less frequently subscribed than the ones on the main Useful Events page (HtmlChanged, Pasting, SelectionChanged, EditorModeChanged, ContextMenuShowing).

Namespace: SpiceLogic.HtmlEditor.WinForms
Assembly: SpiceLogic.HtmlEditor.WinForms.dll

HtmlElementClicked

Occurs when an HTML element of a registered type is clicked inside the editor surface. To get this event for a given element type, list that type in Options.FireHtmlElementClickEventFor before the editor is initialized; the editor then attaches the necessary MSHTML hooks for you.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<HtmlElementClickedEventArgs> HtmlElementClicked;

Event Data (HtmlElementClickedEventArgs)

Remarks

The event does not fire for element types you have not enabled. If Options.FireHtmlElementClickEventFor is empty, no clicks raise this event regardless of the handler.

Example

using SpiceLogic.HtmlEditor.Abstractions;

htmlEditor1.Options.FireHtmlElementClickEventFor = HtmlElementTypes.Hyperlink;
htmlEditor1.HtmlElementClicked += (s, e) =>
{
    if (e.ElementType == HtmlElementTypes.Hyperlink)
    {
        string href = e.ClickedElement.GetAttribute("href");
        MessageBox.Show("Hyperlink clicked: " + href);
    }
};

HtmlElementMouseDown

Occurs when a mouse-button press is detected on an HTML element of a registered type. Same activation model as HtmlElementClicked -- list the element types in Options.FireHtmlElementMouseDownEventFor.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<HtmlElementClickedEventArgs> HtmlElementMouseDown;

Event Data

Same HtmlElementClickedEventArgs shape as HtmlElementClicked.

Remarks

Subscribe to this event when you need to react before the click's default action -- for example, to capture a custom drag-start point on an image.

Example

using SpiceLogic.HtmlEditor.Abstractions;

htmlEditor1.Options.FireHtmlElementMouseDownEventFor = HtmlElementTypes.Image;
htmlEditor1.HtmlElementMouseDown += (s, e) =>
{
    if (e.ElementType == HtmlElementTypes.Image)
        _dragSrc = e.ClickedElement.GetAttribute("src");
};

FileOpened

Raised after the editor successfully loads a file via Content.LoadBodyHtmlFromFile, Content.LoadDocumentHtmlFromFile, or Content.OpenFile. The event args carry the full path of the file that was loaded.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<FileEventArgs> FileOpened;

Event Data (FileEventArgs)

Example

htmlEditor1.FileOpened += (s, e) =>
{
    Text = "Editor - " + Path.GetFileName(e.FilePath);
    AddToRecentFiles(e.FilePath);
};

FileSaved

Raised after the editor successfully writes a file via Content.SaveBodyHtmlToFile, Content.SaveDocumentHtmlToFile, or Content.SaveEditorContentAsXml.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<FileEventArgs> FileSaved;

Event Data (FileEventArgs)

Example

htmlEditor1.FileSaved += (s, e) =>
{
    isDirty = false;
    statusLabel.Text = "Saved to " + e.FilePath;
};

ErrorOccurred

Raised when an internal error occurs that the editor would otherwise have to swallow silently -- typically a file-IO failure, a clipboard failure, or an MSHTML interop exception. Subscribe to log the error or display a user-facing message.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs> ErrorOccurred;

Event Data (ErrorEventArgs)

Remarks

The editor never raises fatal exceptions through this event -- those still propagate to the host. Use this event purely for observability.

Example

htmlEditor1.ErrorOccurred += (s, e) =>
{
    Log.Error(e.Exception, e.Message);
    statusLabel.Text = "Error: " + e.Message;
};

StatusChanged

Raised when the editor wants to publish a status update -- for example, "Spell-checking started", "Image loaded", "Document modified". Subscribe to surface these messages in your application's status bar.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<StatusChangedEventArgs> StatusChanged;

Event Data (StatusChangedEventArgs)

Remarks

The editor marshals this event to the UI thread via SynchronizationContext.Post, so it is safe to update WinForms controls directly inside the handler regardless of which thread the message originated on.

Example

htmlEditor1.StatusChanged += (s, e) =>
{
    statusLabel.Text = e.StatusMessage;
};

SpellCheckCompleted

Occurs when a spell-check pass finishes, either because every misspelling has been resolved or because the user dismissed the spell-check dialog.

Syntax

public event EventHandler<SpellCheckCompletedEventArgs> SpellCheckCompleted;

Event Data (SpellCheckCompletedEventArgs)

Remarks

This event fires once per top-level spell-check pass triggered by the toolbar button or by SpellCheckerService.SpellCheck. The inline (background) checker that highlights misspellings as the user types does not raise this event.

Example

htmlEditor1.SpellCheckCompleted += (s, e) =>
{
    statusLabel.Text = e.Canceled
        ? "Spell check canceled"
        : "Spell check complete";
};

See also

For the five most-used events (HtmlChanged, Pasting, SelectionChanged, EditorModeChanged, ContextMenuShowing) see the Useful Events page in this section.