SelectOnEntry 1

[PaulBarbeau]

I am having a problem with this control. When i tab into the field it works however when i mouse click in it does not. I need to to select the whole field when i single click into it. Can anyone help me on this?

Paul

 

[kingbullet]

See "SelText" property

 

[PaulBarbeau]

thanks by doing below it does work however not sure while selectonentry does not do the same thing.

this.SelStart = 0
this.sellength = 999

 

[kingbullet]

SelectOnEntry - Specifies whether text in a column cell, edit box, or text box selected when the user moves to it. Available at design time and run time.

SelText - Returns the text that the user selected in a text-entry area of a control, or returns an empty string ("&quot if no characters are selected. Specifies the string containing the selected text.Select a specific group of characters (substrings) in a control.

I think they are 2 different.

 

[PaulBarbeau]

"user moves to it." is not clicking on the field moving into the field?

 

[kingbullet]

I dont`t understand what you meen with your post

User can move to any object with keyboard or mouse
When you move to object by keyboard (ex. TAB) - executes "GotFocus"
Moving with mouse (ex. Click) - executes "Click" or "DblClick"

 

[rgbean]

Paul,
Change your textbox base class so that the GotFocus() method has:

DoDefault()
This.SetFocus()

Then if the use clicks anywhere in the field, the cursor will return "home" and if SelectOnEntry is .T., then the whole field will be selected.

Rick

 

[craigsboyd]

rgbean,

That's a simple and very workable solution. Star.

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[BPeisch]

Ramani,

All you need in the GotFocus() is the DODEFAULT(). Putting a This.SetFocus() can be dangerous if the textbox received focus through a calling chain that includes a Valid method anywhere up the chain.



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[ramani]

Hi Barbara

Ramani,

All you need in the GotFocus() is the DODEFAULT(). Putting a This.SetFocus() can be dangerous if the textbox received focus through a calling chain that includes a Valid method anywhere up the chain.

Yes I do not recommend putting a SetFocus to the same control on its GotFocus event. Also, in general, I would not recommend tingering the TextBox default base class. Any changes should be in a subclassed TextBox class. I am sure Rick would have only meant that.

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The way to go for a textbox can be..

1. Text1.GotFocus
DODEFAULT()

2. Text1.Format = K
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