Syntax-highlighting textbox for Winforms, ASP.NET, WPF

Question

I\'m looking for a syntax-highlighting Textbox component, preferably free, with source, and capable of being used in Winforms, ASP.NET and WPF alike. Also, it should support not

Answer 1

Perhaps consider CodeMirror items for the web. Obviously this won't work for WPF as you'd asked, but it'll work for any web framework - Webforms, ASP.NET MVC, plain HTML, PHP and others.

CodeMirror is a JavaScript library that can be used to create a relatively pleasant editor interface for code-like content ― computer programs, HTML markup, and similar. If a parser has been written for the language you are editing (see below for a list of supported languages), the code will be coloured, and the editor will help you with indentation.

Parsers for :

• JavaScript
• XML/HTML
• CSS
• HTML mixed-mode
• SPARQL
• HTML+PHP mixed-mode
• Python
• Lua
• Ruby
• SQL
• PLSQL
• diff
• Groovy
• C#
• Scheme
• Java
• XQuery
• OmetaJS
• Freemarker

Implementation:

    //some comments
    var foo = "bar";

You include 2 .js references, and then this bit of JavaScript replaces your textarea elements with new syntax highlighted elements.

The CodeMirror manual helps.

Also consider the WikiPedia entry for Comparison of JavaScript-based source code editors