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José Manuel (Computer Xàbia)

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Dec 30, 2004, 5:50:41 AM12/30/04
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Hi,
I need to all text in a TextBox was selected when the user goes into it.
While Click event seems not work, what can I do?

Tanks!


Daniel Moth

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Dec 30, 2004, 6:08:15 AM12/30/04
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Try the GotFocus event

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Daniel
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José Manuel (Computer Xàbia)

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Dec 30, 2004, 12:30:18 PM12/30/04
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I tried with GotFocus event, but if I select text in this event, the last
click message unselect the text.
This is:
1.- User clicks TextBox
2.- GotFocus event executes, and select the text.
3.- System process the click message and unselect the text!

Any suggestions?


Daniel Moth

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Dec 30, 2004, 1:07:29 PM12/30/04
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Now I recall that issue.. from memory the following workaround should do
it:

Add a windows.forms.timer to your form with a very small interval (e.g.
15ms)
in the got focus event: tmr.Enabled = true
in the tick event: tmr.Enabled=false; tb.SelectAll

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Daniel
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José Manuel (Computer Xàbia)

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Dec 30, 2004, 1:38:21 PM12/30/04
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Ok, thanks a lot!


bluebytez

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Mar 21, 2005, 6:35:19 AM3/21/05
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worked for me too, THANKS !
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