Serilog.Sinks.RichTextBox.WinForms.Colored 1.1.0

Serilog.Sinks.RichTextBox.WinForms.Colored

A Serilog sink that writes log events to any WinForms RichTextBox control with coloring and custom theme support.

This sink is based on the WPF RichTextBox Sink by C. Augusto Proiete.

Getting started

Install the Serilog.Sinks.RichTextBox.WinForms.Colored package from NuGet:

Install-Package Serilog.Sinks.RichTextBox.WinForms.Colored

Declare your RichTextBox control and give it a name that you can reference it from the code-behind. e.g.:

private System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox richTextBox1;
private void InitializeComponent()
{
    this.richTextBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window;
    this.richTextBox1.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
    this.richTextBox1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Consolas", 10.8F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point);
    this.richTextBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
    this.richTextBox1.Name = "richTextBox1";
}

Then enable the sink using WriteTo.RichTextBox():

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
    .WriteTo.RichTextBox(richTextBox1)
    .CreateLogger();

Log.Information("Hello, world!");

Log events will be written to the RichTextBox control:

[11:54:36 INF] Hello, world!

Themes

Themes can be specified when configuring the sink:

    .WriteTo.RichTextBox(richTextBox1, theme: ThemePresets.Dark)

The following built-in themes are available at this time:

Output templates

The format of events to the RichTextBox can be modified using the outputTemplate configuration parameter:

    .WriteTo.RichTextBox(richTextBox1,
        outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}")

The default template, shown in the example above, uses built-in properties like Timestamp and Level. Properties from events, including those attached using enrichers, can also appear in the output template.

Copyright © 2022 Simon Vonhoff & Contributors - Provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.