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Hussein Khalil
Hussein Khalil

Reputation: 1615

Adding default / initial text to a Textbox

Is it possible to add a "default" text value to a TextBox in WPF, with the text disappearing when the user clicks on the control or types anything in it ?

If it's not possible, how would I create a template which allows a user to define a text box with distinct properties for the content of the control and its initial value?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 14312

Answers (1)

Ty Rozak
Ty Rozak

Reputation: 471

This is certainly possible. You can either:

1) Set the initial text normally, then on an event such as OnClick() or OnTextSelected() you can delete that text, then it will be blank before they start typing. You can also go one step further and add something to OnTextChanged() to see whether the text is blank and every time there is no content, your initial content can be set again.

2) Alternatively, you can create a custom style for your text block, with a text block inside of it, a property to set the text block text and an event hooked up to clear the text block text. This is nicer, but more work. I would recommend this if you wish to re-use this control.

Upvotes: 4

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