textbox selecting text - no highlight

[marfi95]

I'm very confused. I'm trying to automatically select the text when
my textbox gets the focus. This is typically when the user has
clicked the mouse in the field.

This is the code I have in the Text1_GotFocus event:

Text1.SelectionStart = 0
Text1.SelectionLength = Text1.Text.Length

However, the text does not get highlighted. It appears to be the
"selectedtext" though because immediately after that I have a
Console.Writeline call printing text1.selectedtext and it is the
entire field. I just can't get it to highlight. Any ideas ????

Mark

[Shiva]

Just do Text1.SelectAll()

<ma*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nq********************************@4ax.com...
I'm very confused. I'm trying to automatically select the text when
my textbox gets the focus. This is typically when the user has
clicked the mouse in the field.

This is the code I have in the Text1_GotFocus event:

Text1.SelectionStart = 0
Text1.SelectionLength = Text1.Text.Length

However, the text does not get highlighted. It appears to be the
"selectedtext" though because immediately after that I have a
Console.Writeline call printing text1.selectedtext and it is the
entire field. I just can't get it to highlight. Any ideas ????

Mark

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

The textbox will not show the selection when textbox doesnt have
focus unless you set the hideselection property to true.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ctiontopic.asp

Ken
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<ma*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nq********************************@4ax.com...
I'm very confused. I'm trying to automatically select the text when
my textbox gets the focus. This is typically when the user has
clicked the mouse in the field.

This is the code I have in the Text1_GotFocus event:

Text1.SelectionStart = 0
Text1.SelectionLength = Text1.Text.Length

However, the text does not get highlighted. It appears to be the
"selectedtext" though because immediately after that I have a
Console.Writeline call printing text1.selectedtext and it is the
entire field. I just can't get it to highlight. Any ideas ????

Mark

[Supra]

i got problem ...i don't want highlighting i'm using gdi ...how do i et
get ridded of unwanted highlighting?

Dim txthelp As New TextBox
With txthelp
.Parent = Me
.SelectionStart = 0
.SelectionLength = .Text.Length
.BackColor = Color.White
.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
.WordWrap = True
.Multiline = True
.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical
.ReadOnly = True
.Text = "How to play MasterMind game." & vbCrLf & _
"The object of this game is to guess the sequence of four (4) coloured
pegs the computer has selected at random from the circled colours on the
right side field. " & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"The computer chooses a secret combination of coloured pegs and can use
a colours more than once in the combination." & vbCrLf & _
"The computer pegs are hidden behind logo." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"You can have up to ten (10) guesses." & vbCrLf & _
"There are up to eight (8) Coloured pegs."
end with
regards

Ken Tucker [MVP] wrote:

Hi,

The textbox will not show the selection when textbox doesnt have
focus unless you set the hideselection property to true.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ctiontopic.asp

Ken
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<ma*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nq********************************@4ax.com.. .
I'm very confused. I'm trying to automatically select the text when
my textbox gets the focus. This is typically when the user has
clicked the mouse in the field.

This is the code I have in the Text1_GotFocus event:

Text1.SelectionStart = 0
Text1.SelectionLength = Text1.Text.Length

However, the text does not get highlighted. It appears to be the
"selectedtext" though because immediately after that I have a
Console.Writeline call printing text1.selectedtext and it is the
entire field. I just can't get it to highlight. Any ideas ????

Mark

[Mark]

I understand that, but this is when the textbox GETS the focus that
its not highlighted. The user clicks the mouse in the text field,
which runs the code I have documented below, yet the selection is not
highlighted.

Thanks,
Mark

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<eU**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...

Hi,

The textbox will not show the selection when textbox doesnt have
focus unless you set the hideselection property to true.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ctiontopic.asp

Ken
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<ma*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nq********************************@4ax.com...
I'm very confused. I'm trying to automatically select the text when
my textbox gets the focus. This is typically when the user has
clicked the mouse in the field.

This is the code I have in the Text1_GotFocus event:

Text1.SelectionStart = 0
Text1.SelectionLength = Text1.Text.Length

However, the text does not get highlighted. It appears to be the
"selectedtext" though because immediately after that I have a
Console.Writeline call printing text1.selectedtext and it is the
entire field. I just can't get it to highlight. Any ideas ????

Mark

[Supra]

thank Mark, i got no highlighting using selectedtext.

Mark wrote:

I understand that, but this is when the textbox GETS the focus that
its not highlighted. The user clicks the mouse in the text field,
which runs the code I have documented below, yet the selection is not
highlighted.

Thanks,
Mark

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<eU**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...

Hi,

The textbox will not show the selection when textbox doesnt have
focus unless you set the hideselection property to true.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ctiontopic.asp

Ken
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<ma*****@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nq********************************@4ax.com. ..
I'm very confused. I'm trying to automatically select the text when
my textbox gets the focus. This is typically when the user has
clicked the mouse in the field.

This is the code I have in the Text1_GotFocus event:

Text1.SelectionStart = 0
Text1.SelectionLength = Text1.Text.Length

However, the text does not get highlighted. It appears to be the
"selectedtext" though because immediately after that I have a
Console.Writeline call printing text1.selectedtext and it is the
entire field. I just can't get it to highlight. Any ideas ????

Mark