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Cursor position in TextBox

Hi,
How do I get the position of the cursor (as character position) when it is
in a text box with no text selected?

Thanks

Doug
Nov 21 '05 #1
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I just found that TextBox.Selecti onStart will show Cursor Position even if
text is not selected.

"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> wrote in message
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Hi,
How do I get the position of the cursor (as character position) when it is
in a text box with no text selected?

Thanks

Doug

Nov 21 '05 #2
"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> schrieb:
I just found that TextBox.Selecti onStart will show Cursor Position even if
text is not selected.


The input mark is actually not called cursor. It's instead called caret.

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Nov 21 '05 #3
Thanks, "^" is caret also.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
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"Doug Bell" <Po*********@vo daphone.com.au> schrieb:
I just found that TextBox.Selecti onStart will show Cursor Position even if text is not selected.


The input mark is actually not called cursor. It's instead called caret.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #4

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