set cursor in textbox

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Hello,

I create 1 application.In that have to take one textbox.when i type 1st character then its not get select.infact i don't want to selct it.after it when i type 2nd letter after 1st letter want to highlight it.i highlight it.then whane i type 3rd letterthen it alwys replace by 2nd position.I don't want like that.when i press right key then only i can add 3rd lette r in textbox.but evrytime press righ key.

So my main question is that how to set cursor position automatically after type any character? and also how to select/highlight this all characters except 1st one?

Posted 1-Jun-12 2:23am

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Zoltán Zörgő 1-Jun-12 9:09am

WinForms, WebForms, WPF, Silverlight...?

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2012-06-01T03:25:00

Solution 1

For Windows.Forms use TextBox.Select(Int32, Int32)[^] method.

Posted 1-Jun-12 3:25am

Maciej Los

**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 2 · 2012-06-01T22:27:00

If you want to highlight part of the text in a TextBox rather than selecting it, you need a specialized textbox control.
You also might try this one: Fast Colored TextBox for Syntax Highlighting[^]
It is not easy to make your own textbox implementation, since it relays on low level api tools - but you can start from it's original code.

allagi.arun · Answer 3 · 2012-06-02T03:37:00

Solution 4

In C#..
write the below line wherever is necessary
TextBOx1.Focus();

Posted 2-Jun-12 3:37am

allagi.arun

Member 8131879[Sneha K] · Answer 4 · 2012-06-01T20:25:00

Solution 2

Hello,

In C#,windows application have to create my project.I tried above code.But,by using it i just select 2nd position character.when try to enter 3rd character it replace by 2nd position.

Posted 1-Jun-12 20:25pm