How do I select text in textbox (highlighted) like I used to do in VB 6?

[Larry Woods]

Hi,

Can't figure out how to highlight text in a textbox for reentry of input.
Used to do it with SelectLength and SelectStart but this doesn't seem to
work with .NET.

Ideas?

TIA,

Larry Woods

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

Can't figure out how to highlight text in a textbox for
reentry of input. Used to do it with SelectLength and
SelectStart but this doesn't seem to work with .NET.

There are 2 ways: You can call the textbox's 'Select' method to select the
part of text you want to select or set the textbox's 'SelectionStart' and
'SelectionLength' properties.

 

[Rob Windsor]

Larry,

You use the Select method of the TextBox, it takes two parameters start and
length. You could also use the SelectAll method wich selects all the text.

 

[Steven Bras [MS]]

The code is a little different:

TextBox1.SelectionStart = 0
TextBox1.SelectionLength = TextBox1.Text.Length

Hope this helps!

Steven Bras, MCSD
Microsoft Developer Support/Data Access Technologies

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

http://www.mvps.org/dotnet

TextBox1.SelectionStart = 0
TextBox1.SelectionLength = TextBox1.Text.Length

Or, instead of 'TextBox1.Text.Length' you can write 'TextBox1.TextLength'.

;-)

 

[Larry Woods]

Nope! Sorry, guy, but "None of the Above!"

When I select the text I want it "blued out" so that the next keystroke
overrides what was there. I will be using this is the Enter event handler.
I tried all of the suggestions and none of them highlight the text.

What am I missing?

TIA,

Larry Woods

 

[Cor]

Larry,
Did you know that the Enter event is not a keyboard event but has the
oposite meaning from leave control.
"Enter, gotfocus, leave, validating, validated, lostfocus"
Maybe you did want to use this, but I doubt it,
I think you want a button or something or a keyevent like keydown.
Just some guesses
Cor

 

[Larry Woods]

The answer is to use the "Select" method of the textbox.

Larry Woods