Select All (ctrl+A) does not work in TextBox?

[Guest]

I notice that Select All (Ctrl+A) does not work in a textbox on a form. Is
there anything I am missing to set? The KeyPreview on the form is off.

Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V works.

 

[Jeff Gaines]

I notice that Select All (Ctrl+A) does not work in a textbox on a form. Is
there anything I am missing to set? The KeyPreview on the form is off.

Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V works.

I think you have to use Ctrl+Home then Ctrl + Shift + End to select text
in a TextBox, I have never got Ctrl+A to work.

 

[Guest]

I guess that should work.

But, I think this behavior should have been there by default - its normal
windows behavior is'nt it? Right click popup menu shows the "Select All" in
the. It would be nice to have it in.

Thanks

 

[Kevin S Gallagher]

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread336688.html
Has some useful information

 

[Kevin S Gallagher]

This work fine for me in regards to CTRL+A using the Keypress event of the
textbox
http://vb-helper.com/howto_net_handle_ctrl_a.html

 

[lydonbergin]

I notice that Select All (Ctrl+A) does not work in a textbox on a form. Is
there anything I am missing to set? The KeyPreview on the form is off.

Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V works.

I was wondering why this wasn't build into the TextBox control myself,
but anyway, this should work:

Create this handler and hook it into all of your TextBox.KeyPress
events

private void SelectAll(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
if ((System.Windows.Forms.Control.ModifierKeys ==
Keys.Control) && (e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.A))
((TextBox)sender).SelectAll();
}

Not sure this is the best way to accomplish what you want but it
should work.