RichTextbox with context menu for setting Color and Font in .Net windows application

In this article you will learn how ro use RichTextbox with context menu for setting Color and Font in .Net windows application

Steps:

1. Add a RichTextBox to the Form
    
2. Add Contextmenu and set two items as a)Add Color , b)Set Font
    
3. Set this as the contextmenu for the RichTextbox(take the property and directly set )
    
4. Add ColorDialog and fontDialog to the form
    
5. Hook the event contextMenuStrip1_ItemClicked and use the "SelectionFont" and "SelectionColor" property of RichTextbox as shown in the below code to set the color and font
   
          private void contextMenuStrip1_ItemClicked(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e)
           {
               if (e.ClickedItem.Text ==" Add Color ")
               {
                   DialogResult color = colorDialog1.ShowDialog();
                   // See if user pressed ok.
                   if (color == DialogResult.OK)
                   {
                       // Set Color to the selected text
                       this.richTextBox1.SelectionColor = colorDialog1.Color;
                   }
               }
               if (e.ClickedItem.Text ==" Set Font ")
               {
                   DialogResult font = fontDialog1.ShowDialog();
                   if (font == DialogResult.OK)
                   {
                       // Set selection font to the fontDialog1.Font
                       this.richTextBox1.SelectionFont = fontDialog1.Font;
                   }
               }
           }