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bhaku
bhaku

Reputation: 448

how to give a placeholder in a textbox in wp7 application

I am building an app for windows phone 7 where i have a textbox in which i want to place a placeholder.

My xaml is:

<TextBox Height="73" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="18,45,0,0"  Name="name"  Text="Name" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="419" />

Upvotes: 0

Views: 143

Answers (3)

Ajay
Ajay

Reputation: 6590

You mean you have to place a cursor when App get's launched. If yes, then go for GotFocus event.

Try this : 

<TextBox GotFocus="txt_OnGotFocus" Height="73" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="18,45,0,0"  Name="name"  Text="Name" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="419" />

Code behind

private void txt_OnGotFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
   if(this.name.Text == "Name")
   {
       this.name.Text = string.Empty;
   }
}

Upvotes: 1

Nick Randolph
Nick Randolph

Reputation: 171

You should try the PhoneTextBox from the Windows Phone Toolkit (http://phone.codeplex.com/) which has a Hint property

Upvotes: 1

A.K.
A.K.

Reputation: 3331

If i am getting your question right and also if my knowledge serves me correctly then

There is no special property for placeholders or water mark in wp7 textboxes

How ever you can customize a textbox to fit in accordance to your needs.

Its just very simple

Taking your textbox which is

<TextBox Height="73" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="18,45,0,0"  Name="name"  Text="Name" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="419" />

and subscribing to its GotFocusEvent

<TextBox GotFocus="OnGotFocus" Height="73" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="18,45,0,0"  Name="name"  Text="Name" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="419" />

do this in the event handler

private void OnGotFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (name.Text.Equals("Name", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
    {
        name.Text = string.Empty;
    }  
}

This could imitate your requirement.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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