The DevExpress ASP.NET Rich Text Edit control for WebForms and MVC provides your end-users with powerful Word-Like UI and functionality. In the latest release, we introduced a new view mode for this control, let's take a look.
Simple View Mode
You can now view documents in a new mode called 'Simple View'. As the name implies, this mode provides a simple layout where the document is not split across multiple pages, nor does it have margins, headers, or footers. In essence, it's similar to a simple web layout.
Advantages
The 'Simple View' mode provides advantages for both mobile and desktop browsers:
Mobile-Friendly
Without the extra items like margins, headers, and footers, the document's content will become responsive and therefore adjust the width to the viewing area. This is especially handy for mobile devices:
Adaptive Memo-Style
You can also convert the powerful control into a simple memo-style control. This means while the UI is simple, you still have the rich formatting capabilities of the Rich Text Edit control.
To enable memo-style, set the Rich Text Edit control's RibbonMode="None" and ShowStatusBar="false":
Switch Layouts
Easily switch between two available view modes (Simple View ↔ Print Layout) by using the corresponding ribbon commands.
You can also set the initial mode when the control is loaded using the ViewType property.
Demo
Test drive the Rich Text Edit control's Simple View demo here: Demo.
Better yet, download the latest release and test the new File Manager in your local development environment. Then be sure to leave your feedback by dropping me a comment below, thanks.