ToolStripTextBox.HideSelection Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the selected text in the text box control remains highlighted when the control loses focus.
public:
property bool HideSelection { bool get(); void set(bool value); };public bool HideSelection { get; set; }member this.HideSelection : bool with get, setPublic Property HideSelection As BooleanProperty Value
true if the selected text does not appear highlighted when the text box control loses focus; false, if the selected text remains highlighted when the text box control loses focus. The default is true.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates the syntax for setting various ToolStripTextBox common property settings, including the HideSelection property .
// This code example demonstrates the syntax for setting
// various ToolStripTextBox properties.
//
toolStripTextBox1.AcceptsReturn = true;
toolStripTextBox1.AcceptsTab = true;
toolStripTextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.AddRange(new string[] {
"This is line one.",
"Second line.",
"Another line."});
toolStripTextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend;
toolStripTextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource;
toolStripTextBox1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
toolStripTextBox1.CharacterCasing = System.Windows.Forms.CharacterCasing.Upper;
toolStripTextBox1.HideSelection = false;
toolStripTextBox1.MaxLength = 32000;
toolStripTextBox1.Name = "toolStripTextBox1";
toolStripTextBox1.ShortcutsEnabled = false;
toolStripTextBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(100, 25);
toolStripTextBox1.Text = "STRING1\r\nSTRING2\r\nSTRING3\r\nSTRING4";
toolStripTextBox1.TextBoxTextAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
' This code example demonstrates the syntax for setting
' various ToolStripTextBox properties.
'
toolStripTextBox1.AcceptsReturn = True
toolStripTextBox1.AcceptsTab = True
toolStripTextBox1.AutoCompleteCustomSource.AddRange(New String() {"This is line one.", "Second line.", "Another line."})
toolStripTextBox1.AutoCompleteMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteMode.SuggestAppend
toolStripTextBox1.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.CustomSource
toolStripTextBox1.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle
toolStripTextBox1.CharacterCasing = System.Windows.Forms.CharacterCasing.Upper
toolStripTextBox1.HideSelection = False
toolStripTextBox1.MaxLength = 32000
toolStripTextBox1.Name = "toolStripTextBox1"
toolStripTextBox1.ShortcutsEnabled = False
toolStripTextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(100, 25)
toolStripTextBox1.Text = "STRING1" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "STRING2" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "STRING3" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "STRING4"
toolStripTextBox1.TextBoxTextAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Center
Remarks
You can use this property to keep text highlighted in a text box control while another form or a dialog box has focus, such as a spelling checker dialog box.
