TextEdit Class

Represents a text editor.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public class TextEdit :
    TextEditBase,
    ISupportTextHighlighting

VB.NET

Public Class TextEdit
    Inherits TextEditBase
    Implements ISupportTextHighlighting

Remarks

The TextEdit represents a single-line text editor by default. To enable multi-line editing, set the TextEditBase.TextWrapping property to Wrap.

Tip

The TextEdit class inherits its features from the TextEditBase class.

Refer to the TextEditBase class description for information on derived features and API.

Create a TextEdit

To specify the editor’s value, use the BaseEdit.EditValue or TextEditBase.Text property.

XAML

<Window ...
    xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors">

<!-- Specify value using the TextEditBase.Text property -->
<dxe:TextEdit Text="Hello World!"/>

<!-- Specify value using the BaseEdit.EditValue property -->
<dxe:TextEdit EditValue="Hello World!"/>

To respond to changing the editor’s value, handle the BaseEdit.EditValueChanged event. To check the new value’s validity, handle the BaseEdit.Validate event.

Character Casing

If the CharacterCasing property is set to Upper or Lower, the editor’s new values will be automatically converted to the corresponding case.

Masked Input

The TextEdit allows you to use masks during editing. To learn more, see Masked Input.

Spin Input

The TextEdit.SpinUp method is in effect if the editor’s TextEdit.MaskType property is set to MaskType.Numeric or MaskType.DateTime.

An end user can increment the editor’s value by scrolling up the mouse wheel or by pressing the UP key. If the editor’s TextEdit.MaskType property is set to MaskType.DateTime, the TextEdit.SpinUp method increments a component of the date where the caret is located.

To decrement the editor’s value, use the TextEdit.SpinDown method. Calling the TextEdit.SpinUp or TextEdit.SpinDown method fires the TextEdit.Spin event.

In-Place TextEdit

To embed a TextEdit into a container control, use the TextEditSettings class.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the TextEdit class.

Note

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C#

Reporting_how-to-create-drill-down-documents-with-dxprinting-for-wpf-e3249/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L14

<dxc:BoolToObjectConverter FalseValue="#FFFFFFFF" TrueValue="#FFF5F5F5" x:Key="evenConverter"/>
<Style x:Key="gridHeaderStyle" TargetType="{x:Type dxe:TextEdit}">
    <Setter Property="BorderBrush" Value="#FFA9A9A9"/>

wpf-dock-layout-manager-limit-layout-group-customization-at-runtime/CS/DXDockingForLayoutPurposes/MainWindow.xaml#L27

<dxd:LayoutControlItem Name="incidentNumber" Caption="Incident Number" VerticalAlignment="Top">
    <dxe:TextEdit/>
</dxd:LayoutControlItem>

Reporting_how-to-create-a-document-sections-based-on-the-values-entered-by-an-end-user-e2942/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L15

<DataTemplate x:Key="detailTemplate">
    <dxe:TextEdit EditValue="{Binding Path=Content}" IsPrintingMode="True" Width="100" />
</DataTemplate>

Reporting_how-to-print-a-listview-data-e1882/CS/Window1.xaml#L13

<Style x:Key="headerTextStyle" TargetType="dxe:TextEdit">
    <Setter Property="IsPrintingMode" Value="true" />

how-to-implement-crud-operations-using-dxgrid-with-entity-framework-instant-feedback-e3759/CS/MainWindow.xaml#L29

<TextBlock Text="Customer ID:" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,0,6,4" />
<dxe:TextEdit x:Name="txtID" Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" EditValue="{Binding Path=CustomerID, Mode=TwoWay}" Margin="0,0,0,4" />
<TextBlock Text="Company:" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Margin="0,0,6,4" />

VB.NET

how-to-set-the-maxlines-property-in-textedit-e5213/VB/example/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L42

Private Shared Sub MaxLinesPropertyChanged(ByVal source As DependencyObject, ByVal e As DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs)
    AddHandler (CType(source, TextEdit)).Loaded, AddressOf Helper_Loaded
End Sub

Inheritance

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Object

DispatcherObject

DependencyObject

Visual

UIElement

FrameworkElement

Control

BaseEdit

TextEditBase

TextEdit

ButtonEdit

TimeZoneEdit

ResourcesPopupCheckedListBoxControl

ResourcesComboBoxControl

LookUpEdit

LookUpEditBase

FontEdit

DateEdit

ComboBoxEdit

PopupBaseEdit

TimeZoneEdit

ItemComboBoxEdit

DurationEdit

AppointmentStatusEdit

AppointmentResourcesEdit

AppointmentResourceEdit

MemoEdit

PopupCalcEdit

PopupColorEdit

PopupImageEdit

SpinEdit

PopupBrushEdit

AppointmentLabelEdit

AppointmentResourceEdit

AppointmentResourcesEdit

AppointmentStatusEdit

MonthEdit

WeekDaysEdit

WeekOfMonthEdit

AppointmentLabelEdit

AutoSuggestEdit

Extension Methods

GetErrorOperationCommands(Position)

GetErrorOperationCommands(Int32)

GetErrorOperationCommands(Point)