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TextBox doesn't fire TextChanged Event on IE 8, AutoPostback is true

Hi guys, I have the same thing, there are many TextBoxes with the event TextChanged set and with AutoPostback = true, and works in all browsers (Chrome, Opera, Firefox 3.6) except in IE 8, IE 6/7 I didn't test. I don't want to put the onblur event in all my TextBoxs because there are many pages with many TextBox that use this event. ...

AutoComplete Texbox error - write to protected memory

I have an autocompleate textbox that looks into a data base. Some times while I'm typing I received the following error. Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. Here is the code private void tBSearchName_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { ...

How to set width of textbox to be same as MaxLength in ASP.NET

Is there a way I can limit the width of a textbox to be equal to the MaxLength property? In my case right now, the textbox control is placed in a table cell as in this snippet: <td class=TDSmallerBold style="width:90%"> <asp:textbox id="txtTitle" runat="server" CausesValidation="true" Text="Type a title h...

Insert at caret position with a Silverlight textbox

In WPF you can insert at the caret position using the CaretIndex property. However this seems to be missing in the Silverlight textbox control. Is it possible using a different technique? ...

Finding an asp:button and asp:textbox in Javascript

What I'm trying to do is get an asp:button to click. The only problem is that it is within a few tags. Example: <loginview> <asp:login1> <logintemplate> //asp:textbox and asp:button are located here. </loginview> </asp:login> </logintemplate> So how would I get javascript to point to that l...

Focus-dependent text change for TextBoxes in WPF

Hey there. I'm writing an application in WPF using the MVVM-pattern and will really often use TextBoxes. I don't want to use labels for the user to know user what the text box is for, i.e. I don't want something like this: <TextBlock> Name: </TextBlock> <TextBox /> Instead, I would like the TextBox to contain its own label. Statical...

WinForm Text Control that displays current character/character limit

I need a way to display, like you see in some web apps, the current characters/character limit for a Text Control(i.e. 3/500). I usually see this as a label residing directly above or below the Text Control. How is this 'normally' accomplished? Should I override my Text Control somehow? Do I just manually add labels by every Text Con...

Function call within XAML code?

I'd like to set a style on all my TextBox controls that does the following when it receives keyboard focus: 1) Change the background color 2) Call .SelectAll() to highlight all text I have this so far: <Style TargetType="TextBox"> <Style.Triggers> <Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="True"> <Se...

Forcing the user to type just Numbers

Hey, I have a TextBox and I want that the user type just numbers, not other format. How can I do that ? ...

ASP.NET TextBox verses input type="text" behavior

I notice with ASP.NET if the server side control TextBox is used with out autopostback it will not submit (or postback) the form when typed text ends with enter, which is different from the behavior for plain old HTML pages. Fine, I can set autopostback to get the behavior I want after the enter key. However, autopostback will also cause...

How to suppress Cut, Copy and Paste Operations in TextBox in WPF?

I want to suppress Cut, Copy and Paste operations in Text Box. I don't want user to do any of these operations through keyboard or from default context menu in the text box . Please let me know how can I restrict these operations? ...

How to track which character is deleted in TextBox in WPF?

I want to track which character is deleted by the user through Delete or BackSpace Key. I am handling TextBox_ChangedEvent of textbox. Can I extract the deleted character from TextChangedEventArgs *e.Changes* and if yes How can I do that? I want to restrict user to from deleting any characters from the TextBox. I want user can delete ...

Truncating mx:Text in Flex 3 to a number of lines

Hi there, I'm trying to get Flex (3.5, I know there is the Sparks Text stuff in 4.0 but unfortunately I'm stuck with 3.5 for the foreseeable future) to truncate a Text box to a certain number of lines. I've come across http://blogs.adobe.com/bhellema/2007/03/truncating_text_1.html and also http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Graphical_trun...

Textbox inside div goes down in IE

Hi, my problem is that the gray textbox goes down when im on Internet Explorer 8, i tried with {top: 0px} and other things but I can't get it right... Preview http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii213/omegakenshin/other/rEdHellCorner.jpg And here is my code... <div class="textboxS"> <img src="images/textbox_corner.png" alt="redCorne...

WPF TextBox value doesn't change on OnPropertyChanged

I have a TextBox whose Value is binded to a ViewModel property: <TextBox Name="txtRunAfter" Grid.Column="4" Text="{Binding Mode=TwoWay, Path=RunAfter}" Style="{StaticResource TestStepTextBox}"/> The set and get were working fine until I tried to add some validation when the Value is set: private int _runAfter = 0; pub...

How can I put text from a multi-line text box into one string?

Dear reader, I'm faced with a bit of an issue. The scenario is that I have a multi-line text box and I want to put all that text into one single string, without any new lines in it. This is what I have at the moment: string[] values = tbxValueList.Text.Split('\n'); foreach (string value in values...

Paste Event in a WPF TextBox

I have created a custom control inheriting TextBox. This custom control is a numeric TextBox, only supporting numbers. I am using OnPreviewTextInput to check each new character being typed to see if the character is a valid input. This works great. However, if I paste the text into the TextBox, OnPreviewTextInput is not fired. What is ...

javascript text overlay

Im pretty unknowledgeable about javascript being desktop application rather a web programmer but I'm trying to add an element to a friends website. Google has failed all my attempts to find a script I can adapt. What I want is a small text box in the bottom right hand corner of the browser window that sits above the html/css, that will d...

Textarea (asp:Textbox TextMode="Multiline") overlapping buttons

Hi all, I'm having this problem with form buttons overlapping an asp:Texbox with TextMode set to multi-line: Here is the code: <asp:Panel ID="pnlGiftStep" Visible="false" runat="server"> <img src="/images/shopping-cart/form-separator.png" alt="separator" /> <div class="form-title">GIFT OPTIONS</div> ...

Test if the user has typed date format ASP.NET (VB)

Hey, I have two textbox called BIRTH & EMAIL, and I must test in button click if the user has typed a date & email format in those two TextBox. How can do that ? ...