selecting text boxes

[BustaCap]

this seems like it should be easy, but I don't know how to do it.
I need to be able to select all of the text in a text box when it "gets focus". in other words, if you tab to it, you can type something new in it without highlighting it manually


anyone know how?

[Paul Victorey]

WHat language, compiler, etc?

[doctorgonzo]

If you are talking about text boxes in VB, you can use the SelStart and SelLength properties of the text box to set the location of the state of the selection and its length.

[BustaCap]

hehe, oops, I guess I forgot to tell you it was VB

ok, I had seen those properties, but I would like to knwo how to use them.

[doctorgonzo]

Using the Enter event should work:

PHP Code:

Sub txtBob_Enter()
txtBob.SelStart=0
txtBob.SelLength=Len(txtBob)
End Sub 


That will set the selection start point at 0 and select the entire length of whatever is in the box.

[BustaCap]

ok, simple as I thought

thanks