hello i want to know if there is a property (or another mean) to select all text when a user enter in a textEdit.

 I try this :

.....

MyTextEdit.Enter += new EventHandler(MyTextEdit_Enter);

 ......

protected virtual void MyTextEdit_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

((TextEdit)(sender)).SelectAll();

 

}

it works fine when you enter by TAB but don't work when you enter with a mouse click.

(Note : i dont want the text to be selected each time a user do a mouseclik, i can't put this on the click event)

 

Thx,

Raphaël

Hi Rapha�l;

Thanks for your question.

I find your question very interesting, finaly someone bothers about it.

It so annoying to select text with the mouse on Windows nowadays.

It is like nobody ever tried to modify an address in the IE address
toolbar with the mouse, for example.
Because, if someone ever tries, he will see straight how this was stupidly
implemented.

It is not comprehensible why this silly behaviour takes place in the
DevExpress TextBoxes.

But here is a solution/workaround:

Select the text of a textbox on LostFocus (not GotFocus) with SelectAll().
Select the text when filling/setting the TextBox with new text (with
SelectAll()).

This enables what you expect either when the user selects the textBox with
the keyboard Tab-Key AND with the mouse.

I honestly do not know why this is not standard, as this used to function
well in Windows 3.1 !!!!!!!!!

How does this function on a Mac ?

You could also have a look at this post where the same discussion took
place sometime ago:
http://community.devexpress.com/forums/p/17484/60996.aspx#60996

Regards,