MaskedEditBox and SelectAll

[Madhavi Balusu]

Hi,
On Entering my MaskedEditBox control, I want to SelectAll the whole text/mask in the control. So I added a delegate for the "Enter" event and did m_MaskEditCtrl.SelectAll() in OnEnter, but this did not select the whole text. Infact there was no selection at all.

What am I doing wrong?

Here is the codesnippet:

this.Enter += new EventHandler(OnEnter);

private void OnEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.SelectAll();
}

[Administrator]

Hi, You could accomplish this by handling the MaskedEditBox''s GotFous event instead as shown in code below : this.maskedEditBox1.GotFocus += new EventHandler(MaskedEditBox_GotFocus); private void MaskedEditBox_GotFocus(object sender, EventArgs args) { this.maskedEditBox1.SelectAll(); } Please refer to the test sample attached that illustrates this, and let me know if this works for you. Regards, Guru Patwal Syncfusion, Inc.

[Madhavi Balusu]

Thanks that works.

I have other derived editcontrols which SelectAll in Enter event. This is the only control in which I selectall in GotFocus event.

1) Why, is this your bug?

2) For consistency can I do selectall for other edit controls like CurrencyEdit, DoubleTextBox also in GotFocus event. Or is that a bad idea?

[Administrator]

Hi,

Thanks for the update.

1. Yes, this appears to be a shortcoming in our MaskedEditBox control and we will address this issue in our future releases.

2. You could use either of the 2 events - GotFocus or Enter for our other Editor controls.

We appreciate your interest in Syncfusion products.

Regards,
Guru Patwal
Syncfusion, Inc.