RichTextBox.LinkClicked Event

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Occurs when the user clicks on a link within the text of the control.

public:
 event System::Windows::Forms::LinkClickedEventHandler ^ LinkClicked;

public event System.Windows.Forms.LinkClickedEventHandler? LinkClicked;

member this.LinkClicked : System.Windows.Forms.LinkClickedEventHandler 

Public Custom Event LinkClicked As LinkClickedEventHandler 

Event Type

LinkClickedEventHandler

Examples

The following code example contains an event handler for the LinkClicked event. The event handler processes link clicks within the document of a RichTextBox control and launches an instance of the default browser (using the Process.Start method), displaying the page for the link that was clicked. This example requires that the event handler has been connected to the LinkClicked event for a RichTextBox.

private:
   void Link_Clicked( Object^ sender, System::Windows::Forms::LinkClickedEventArgs^ e )
   {
      System::Diagnostics::Process::Start( e->LinkText );
   }

private void Link_Clicked (object sender, System.Windows.Forms.LinkClickedEventArgs e)
{
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(e.LinkText);
}

Private Sub Link_Clicked(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.LinkClickedEventArgs)
   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(e.LinkText)
End Sub

Remarks

You can create an event handler for this event to process a link that has been clicked within the control. Using the information provided to the event handler, you can determine which link was clicked in the document.

Important

By default, links are displayed as text and are not clickable. To make them clickable set the DetectUrls property to true.

For more information about how to handle events, see Handling and Raising Events.

See also

• DetectUrls