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Asked: 2026-05-11T07:45:52+00:00

I need incorporate a syntax highlighting editor control into my application. It is required

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I need incorporate a syntax highlighting editor control into my application. It is required that the control be free and native .NET code only so the Scintilla.NET control is not feasible. The reason for this is because it is a ClickOnce application.

I would like answers that use WinForms or WPF. It doesn’t have to be from the same vendor. It needs to basically support syntax highlighting, line numbers, and be reasonably fast for large files up to 100,000 and MUST be FREE!

I understand that this question has been asked before for they are usually muddled with commercial controls that require royalties or are not free or mention the Scintilla.NET control which is not native .NET code.

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  1. You may want to see if the text control that was built for MonoDevelop 2 will help you out. Its integrated, and you’ll need to see if the licensing suits you.

    It does use GTK+, though, so you’d likely need to have the GtkSharp wrapper around GTK+. But it would be possible in theory to use it as a basis for something that sits on top of the GUI API system you’re programming for.

    ETA: You may also want to check out the code used in SharpDevelop, which runs on Windows. There are programmers in common between the two projects, as well.

    Links: SharpDevelop, MonoDevelop

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