Dynamically created TextBox: Caret can be placed in middle of theblank area!

VS2008, VB, .NET 3.5
When I create a TextBox in Designer, then at runtime wherever I click,
the caret is placed at the end of the text the box actually contains.
But when I create a TextBox dynamically, the caret stays wherever I
clicked, int he middle of nowhere.

Is this a property that defaults different in Designer or at runtime,
or is it a bug?

My code:

Dim tb As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox = New
System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
tb.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left Or AnchorStyles.Right Or
AnchorStyles.Top
tb.Multiline = True
tb.Height = 100
tb.Text = "Yo Man"
panelDocument.Controls.Add(tb)

On May 22, 9:24 pm, "Steve Gerrard" <mynameh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Jeannot wrote:
> > VS2008, VB, .NET 3.5
> > When I create a TextBox in Designer, then at runtime wherever I click,
> > the caret is placed at the end of the text the box actually contains.
> > But when I create a TextBox dynamically, the caret stays wherever I
> > clicked, int he middle of nowhere.
>
> > Is this a property that defaults different in Designer or at runtime,
> > or is it a bug?
>
> > My code:
>
> > Dim tb As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox = New
> > System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
> > tb.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Left Or AnchorStyles.Right Or
> > AnchorStyles.Top
> > tb.Multiline = True
> > tb.Height = 100
> > tb.Text = "Yo Man"
> > panelDocument.Controls.Add(tb)
>
> It doesn't happen that way at all on my machine. I pasted this code, assuming
> panelDocument is a Panel control. Works fine, produces a perfectly normal
> TextBox, caret behaves as you described for the designer version.
>
> What else are you doing? Somewhere else in your code lies the answer...

You are correct that the parent is a Panel.
tb is not referred to anywhere outside of the code you see, except for
setting Top-Left-Width
You are on VS2008, VB, .NET 3.5 ?

I'll try "Name"ing it, and swapping the order in which I set the
properties.

On May 23, 10:09 am, "Steve Gerrard" <mynameh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Jeannot wrote:
>
> >> What else are you doing? Somewhere else in your code lies the
> >> answer...
>
> > You are correct that the parent is a Panel.
> > tb is not referred to anywhere outside of the code you see, except for
> > setting Top-Left-Width
> > You are on VS2008, VB, .NET 3.5 ?
>
> Actually I'm on VS2005, VB, .NET 2.0. Can't believe that would make a
> difference, though.
>
> It's a mystery. Are you testing this is a small app by itself? It might be worth
> it, to help isolate the issue.

Okay, problem solved. Thanks for your help Steve.
My problem was self-inflicted during a senior moment.

It is very unlikely that others will see the same problem, so
humiliating myself by describing it would not help anyone.

"Jeannot" wrote:

> Okay, problem solved. Thanks for your help Steve.
> My problem was self-inflicted during a senior moment.
>
> It is very unlikely that others will see the same problem, so
> humiliating myself by describing it would not help anyone.

maybe unlikely, but not impossible. in fact, i have the exact same problem
but i have absolutely no clue how to turn off this feature.

so it would be great if you could please share your solution here.

regards,
vlad