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Ben
Ben

Reputation: 247

Make WPF TextBox begin at a certain location in the box

I can't seem to find the answer online when I search around, I don't know if this is because there is an easier way that I don't know about.

I want my text box text to begin after the line on the picture below:

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Is there something that I can set in the XAML or in he C# code.

Also, if there is a solution, the data that the user enters it getting stored in a database so I don't want there to be space before there data if you get me.

Any idea's please let me know, Thanks.

<Label Content="Firstname:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="84,177,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="#FFACACAC" FontSize="13"/>

<TextBox x:Name="txtFirstname" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="43" Margin="59,166,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="433" PreviewTextInput="TextOnlyValidation" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontSize="16" />

<GridSplitter HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="34" Margin="190,171,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="1" Background="#FFACACAC"/>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2838

Answers (5)

Mashton
Mashton

Reputation: 6415

You mentioned a couple of problems.

(1) Want text to appear after that line Solution is to set padding, so that there is a large dead-space on the left of the textbox. How much? However wide your label is, or whatever it takes to get to the line. Use something like Padding="15,0,0,0" to just set the left padding.

(2) Adding padding won't let you click in TextBox Click where? Over the label, or to the right of the line? You can set IsHitTestVisible="False" on the label to ensure it doesn't get in the way of your clicking.

But finally, this is not a great design. You've got absolute positions for Margin whereas you want to try and create a layout that flows and adapts to the space given. A Grid will help with this. You're also trying to overlay two UI elements, and then work around problems introduced by doing this. This is a clear sign you're doing things wrong! The best solution, if a control doesn't do what you want, is to create your own control derived from those that are closest to what you want. You would be better off creating your own TextBox-with-inbuilt-label component and using that.

Upvotes: 1

AymenDaoudi
AymenDaoudi

Reputation: 8301

You need to create a new style for your TextBox, and change the layout inside it : 

<Window.Resources>
        <Style x:Key="FocusVisual">
            <Setter Property="Control.Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate>
                        <Rectangle Margin="2" SnapsToDevicePixels="true" Stroke="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}" StrokeThickness="1" StrokeDashArray="1 2"/>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </Style>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Static.Background" Color="#FFDDDDDD"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Static.Border" Color="#FF707070"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.MouseOver.Background" Color="#FFBEE6FD"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF3C7FB1"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Pressed.Background" Color="#FFC4E5F6"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Pressed.Border" Color="#FF2C628B"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Disabled.Background" Color="#FFF4F4F4"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Disabled.Border" Color="#FFADB2B5"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="Button.Disabled.Foreground" Color="#FF838383"/>
        <Style x:Key="ButtonStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
            <Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{StaticResource FocusVisual}"/>
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="{StaticResource Button.Static.Background}"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource Button.Static.Border}"/>
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
            <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
            <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
            <Setter Property="Padding" Value="1"/>
            <Setter Property="Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
                        <Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="true">
                            <ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" Focusable="False" HorizontalAlignment="{TemplateBinding HorizontalContentAlignment}" Margin="{TemplateBinding Padding}" RecognizesAccessKey="True" SnapsToDevicePixels="{TemplateBinding SnapsToDevicePixels}" VerticalAlignment="{TemplateBinding VerticalContentAlignment}"/>
                        </Border>
                        <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                            <Trigger Property="IsDefaulted" Value="true">
                                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.HighlightBrushKey}}"/>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
                                <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.MouseOver.Background}"/>
                                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.MouseOver.Border}"/>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsPressed" Value="true">
                                <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Pressed.Background}"/>
                                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Pressed.Border}"/>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
                                <Setter Property="Background" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Disabled.Background}"/>
                                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource Button.Disabled.Border}"/>
                                <Setter Property="TextElement.Foreground" TargetName="contentPresenter" Value="{StaticResource Button.Disabled.Foreground}"/>
                            </Trigger>
                        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
        </Style>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.Static.Border" Color="#FFABAdB3"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.MouseOver.Border" Color="#FF7EB4EA"/>
        <SolidColorBrush x:Key="TextBox.Focus.Border" Color="#FF569DE5"/>
        <Style x:Key="TextBoxStyle1" TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowBrushKey}}"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="{StaticResource TextBox.Static.Border}"/>
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlTextBrushKey}}"/>
            <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1"/>
            <Setter Property="KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation" Value="None"/>
            <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
            <Setter Property="FocusVisualStyle" Value="{x:Null}"/>
            <Setter Property="AllowDrop" Value="true"/>
            <Setter Property="ScrollViewer.PanningMode" Value="VerticalFirst"/>
            <Setter Property="Stylus.IsFlicksEnabled" Value="False"/>
            <Setter Property="Template">
                <Setter.Value>
                    <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type TextBox}">
                        <Border x:Name="border" BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" SnapsToDevicePixels="True">
                            <Grid>
                                <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                    <ColumnDefinition/>
                                    <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
                                    <ColumnDefinition/>
                                </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                                <ScrollViewer x:Name="PART_ContentHost" Focusable="false" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Hidden" Margin="0" Grid.Column="2" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Padding="-2,0,0,0"/>
                                <GridSplitter HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="21" VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="2" Grid.Column="1"/>
                                <Label Content="Firstname :" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontSize="9.333"/>
                            </Grid>
                        </Border>
                        <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                            <Trigger Property="IsEnabled" Value="false">
                                <Setter Property="Opacity" TargetName="border" Value="0.56"/>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsMouseOver" Value="true">
                                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource TextBox.MouseOver.Border}"/>
                            </Trigger>
                            <Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocused" Value="true">
                                <Setter Property="BorderBrush" TargetName="border" Value="{StaticResource TextBox.Focus.Border}"/>
                            </Trigger>
                        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
            <Style.Triggers>
                <MultiTrigger>
                    <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                        <Condition Property="IsInactiveSelectionHighlightEnabled" Value="true"/>
                        <Condition Property="IsSelectionActive" Value="false"/>
                    </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                    <Setter Property="SelectionBrush" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.InactiveSelectionHighlightBrushKey}}"/>
                </MultiTrigger>
            </Style.Triggers>
        </Style>
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <TextBox HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="Your text here" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="158.333" Margin="124.594,107.556,0,0" Style="{DynamicResource TextBoxStyle1}"/>
    </Grid>

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

Clement Dungler
Clement Dungler

Reputation: 747

To avoid spaces in your value you can use :

string firstname = txtFirstname.text.Trim()

Info : Trim

Upvotes: 0

Alberto
Alberto

Reputation: 15941

Just set the correct amount of padding:

<Grid VerticalAlignment="Center">
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
            <ColumnDefinition />
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <TextBlock Grid.Column="0" Text="Firstname" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="5" />
        <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Padding="10,0,0,0" BorderThickness="0" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
</Grid>

Upvotes: 0

David
David

Reputation: 863

You could make a grid with 2 columns around the label and textbox.

<Grid>
  <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <ColumnDefinition Width="50" />
    <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
  </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

  <Label Grid.Column="0" Content="Firstname:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="84,177,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="#FFACACAC" FontSize="13"/>
  <TextBox Grid.Column="1" x:Name="txtFirstname" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="43" Margin="59,166,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="433" PreviewTextInput="TextOnlyValidation" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontSize="16" />

</Grid>

Upvotes: 0

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