.NET MAUI Rich Text Editor (SfRichTextEditor) Overview

26 Jun 20265 minutes to read

The Syncfusion® .NET MAUI Rich Text Editor provides a simple yet powerful editor interface to compose richly formatted text with all the common formatting options like bold and italics. The Rich Text Editor is used to create messaging applications, email composers, blog editors, forum post text boxes, feedback and review sections, notes sections, and more. It has a variety of tools to edit and format rich content and returns valid HTML markup content.

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Business use cases

  • Messaging and email applications that require rich text composition with formatting options.
  • Content management systems that allow users to create and edit blogs, articles, or posts.
  • Feedback and review sections that support formatted text input with links, lists, and styling.
  • Note-taking applications that require structured and visually formatted content editing.

Key features

  • WYSIWYG editing allows editing content visually with real-time formatting feedback.
  • Comprehensive formatting tools allow applying styles such as bold, italic, underline, font size, color, alignment, lists, and indentation.
  • Hyperlink support allows inserting and editing links within the content.
  • Image and table insertion allows embedding media and structured data within the editor.
  • Customizable toolbar allows configuring toolbar actions and visibility based on application requirements.
  • Clipboard operation allows copy, paste, and cut actions for efficient editing.
  • Undo and redo allows managing editing history for better user control.

Globalization

The following table summarizes the globalization support available in this control.

Full Support No Support
Control Localization RTL Time zone Screen reader Keyboard navigation
Rich Text Editor full-support full-support full-support no-support full-support
  • Markdown Viewer for rendering formatted Markdown content in applications.
  • Text Input Layout for enhancing simple text input fields with labels and validation.
  • ListView for presenting collections of rich text or formatted content within scrollable views.

See Also

  • Getting Started shows a step‑by‑step guide to begin using the Rich Text Editor control.
  • Toolbar explains how to configure toolbar items and actions.
  • Customization helps adjust look, behavior, and features to match your needs.
  • UI Kit provides interactive demos and ready‑made UI examples.

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