How can I autoselect a TextBox text when the user taps it ?

I tried handling the GotFocus event and using SelectAll function, but the
text selects and deselects...


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Rafael Pivato

Set a short one-shot timer in GotFocus event - something like 100-200 ms
would do. On timer event select all text.

"Rafael Pivato" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How can I autoselect a TextBox text when the user taps it ?
>
> I tried handling the GotFocus event and using SelectAll function, but the
> text selects and deselects...
>
>
> ---------
> Rafael Pivato
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>

Rafael,

I was never able to get SelectAll to do what I wanted either, so I ended up
just setting the textbox Text = "" when it gets focus. That's not the same
thing, of course, but it works the same for my users.
--
Ginny Caughey
..Net Compact Framework MVP

"Rafael Pivato" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How can I autoselect a TextBox text when the user taps it ?
>
> I tried handling the GotFocus event and using SelectAll function, but the
> text selects and deselects...
>
>
> ---------
> Rafael Pivato
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>

Thanks Alex!



What coincidence!!! I recently tried id with a thread and invoke as a "last
try". Not to good.

Using the complete framework with a Windows Forms Application it would work
just by this way too?



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> Set a short one-shot timer in GotFocus event - something like 100-200 ms
> would do. On timer event select all text.
>
> "Rafael Pivato" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How can I autoselect a TextBox text when the user taps it ?
> >
> > I tried handling the GotFocus event and using SelectAll function, but
the
> > text selects and deselects...
> >
> >
> > ---------
> > Rafael Pivato
> >
> >
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