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Er Mayank
Er Mayank

Reputation: 1073

set caret position to last character in masked text box - winform?

I have a masked textbox with input mask as A-00-000-0000
It gets data from database. Like
Masked TextBox

Is there any way to set caret position to specific position as mentioned above?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3584

Answers (3)

Er Mayank
Er Mayank

Reputation: 1073

After optimizing my codes, my logic is to move caret at desired location, independen of mask, And remove string after that location..

''' <summary>
'''  Set Caret Position to specific location and remove data After given Location
''' </summary>
''' <param name="MaskedTb"> Masked textbox</param>
''' <param name="Loct99">Location (Index) after which remove occured and caret is set</param>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Public Sub FocsToMaskedTb( MaskedTb As MaskedTextBox, ByVal Loct99 As Integer)
    If MaskedTb.Text.Length >= Loct99 Then
        MaskedTb.Text = MaskedTb.Text.Remove(Loct99)
    End If
    MaskedTb.SelectionStart = MaskedTb.MaskedTextProvider.LastAssignedPosition + 1
    '' I am using MaskedTextProvider Property
    '' If there is nothing in TextBox, MaskedTb.MaskedTextProvider.LastAssignedPosition = -1
End Sub

Upvotes: 0

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Bj&#248;rn-Roger Kringsj&#229;

Reputation: 9981

A simple way is to use a reverse loop and check each char. If it's not a Hyphen nor a Space then you've reached the end of the input string.

Dim text As String = Me.MaskedTextBox1.Text
Dim index As Integer = 0
Dim character As Char = Nothing

For index = text.Length To 1 Step -1
    character = text.Chars((index - 1))
    If ((character <> "-"c) AndAlso (AscW(character) <> 32)) Then
        Exit For
    End If
Next

Me.MaskedTextBox1.Focus()
Me.MaskedTextBox1.[Select](index, 0)

Upvotes: 1

Matthias
Matthias

Reputation: 197

you might wanna try something like this:

textBox1.Focus();
textBox1.SelectionStart = 8;
textBox1.SelectionLength = 0;

(selectionStart sets the position - length is 0 so nothing is selected).

so in your case, you'd set SelectionStart to 8, then to 3, then to 7...

make sure to set focus to this textBox/Maskedtextbox first, otherwise it won't work...

Edit: you'll have to make sure that after setting the text to the values from the DB, the caret-position is calculated respecting the mask-characters.

Edit2: like this i can set the Position wherever i want - just, 4 will set the position to position 4 respecting the mask. If i omit SelectionStart and SelectionLength, the caret is positioned automatically to the last character inserted by the first line.

maskedTextBox1.Text = "A018";
maskedTextBox1.Focus();
maskedTextBox1.SelectionStart = 7;
maskedTextBox1.SelectionLength = 0;

Upvotes: 1

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