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TextEditBase Properties

Serves as the base class for editors that have the text edit capability (e.g. TextEdit, ComboBoxEdit, DateEdit).
Name Description
AcceptsReturn Gets or sets whether an end-user can insert return characters into a text. This is a dependency property.
AcceptsTab Gets or sets whether an end-user can insert tabulation characters into a text. This is a dependency property.
ActualBorderTemplate Gets the actual border template. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ActualEditorControlTemplate Gets the editor’s actual template. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ActualHeight Gets the rendered height of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ActualWidth Gets the rendered width of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
AllowDrop Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element can be used as the target of a drag-and-drop operation. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
AllowLabelAnimation Gets or sets whether to display label animations. This is a dependency property.
AllowNullInput Gets or sets whether users can set the editor’s value to a null reference by pressing the CTRL+DEL or CTRL+0 key combinations. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
AllowUpdateTextBlockWhenPrinting Gets or sets whether the editor can change its value during printing. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
AllowUpdateTwoWayBoundPropertiesOnSynchronization Prevents the BaseEdit.EditValue and LookUpEditBase.SelectedItem binding source from being updated during synchronization with the LookUpEditBase.ItemsSource. Inherited from BaseEdit.
AlwaysShowLabelAtTop Gets or sets whether to always display the embedded label at the top of the editor. This is a dependency property.
AreAnyTouchesCaptured Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesCapturedWithin Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is captured to this element or to any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesDirectlyOver Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is pressed over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
AreAnyTouchesOver Gets a value that indicates whether at least one touch is pressed over this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
Background Gets or sets a brush that describes the background of a control. Inherited from Control.
BindingGroup Gets or sets the BindingGroup that is used for the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
BitmapEffect Gets or sets a bitmap effect that applies directly to the rendered content for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
BitmapEffectInput Gets or sets an input source for the bitmap effect that applies directly to the rendered content for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
BorderBrush Gets or sets a brush that describes the border background of a control. Inherited from Control.
BorderTemplate Gets or sets a template used to display the editor’s border. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
BorderThickness Gets or sets the border thickness of a control. Inherited from Control.
CacheMode Gets or sets a cached representation of the UIElement. Inherited from UIElement.
CaretBrush Gets or sets the TextEditBase caret color. This is a dependency property.
CausesValidation

Gets or sets a value indicating whether validation is enabled for this editor. This is a dependency property.

Inherited from BaseEdit.
Clip Gets or sets the geometry used to define the outline of the contents of an element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
ClipToBounds Gets or sets a value indicating whether to clip the content of this element (or content coming from the child elements of this element) to fit into the size of the containing element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
CommandBindings Gets a collection of CommandBinding objects associated with this element. A CommandBinding enables command handling for this element, and declares the linkage between a command, its events, and the handlers attached by this element. Inherited from UIElement.
ContextMenu Gets or sets the context menu element that should appear whenever the context menu is requested through user interface (UI) from within this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
CornerRadius Gets or sets the editor’s corner radius. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
Cursor Gets or sets the cursor that displays when the mouse pointer is over this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DataContext Gets or sets the data context for an element when it participates in data binding. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DefaultStyleKey protected Gets or sets the key to use to reference the style for this control, when theme styles are used or defined. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
DependencyObjectType Gets the DependencyObjectType that wraps the CLR type of this instance. Inherited from DependencyObject.
DesiredSize Gets the size that this element computed during the measure pass of the layout process. Inherited from UIElement.
DisableExcessiveUpdatesInInplaceInactiveMode This member supports the internal infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from BaseEdit.
Dispatcher Gets the Dispatcher this DispatcherObject is associated with. Inherited from DispatcherObject.
DisplayFormatString Gets or sets the pattern used to format the editor’s value for display purposes. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
DisplayTemplate Gets or sets a template that defines the editor’s presentation when its value is not edited (display mode). This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
DisplayText Gets the text displayed within the editor. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
DisplayTextConverter Gets or sets a converter for the editor’s display value. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditCore Provides access to an internal editor control. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditMode For internal use only. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditNonEditableTemplate Gets or sets a template that defines the editor’s presentation when the editor’s text field is not editable. This is a dependency property.
EditTemplate Gets or sets a template that defines the editor’s presentation in edit mode. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditText Gets a text currently displayed within the editor’s text box.
EditValue Gets or sets the editor’s value. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditValueConverter Obsolete. Gets or sets a converter used to provide the editor’s value. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditValuePostDelay Gets or sets the amount of time, in milliseconds, after which a value specified by a user is posted to the editor. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditValuePostMode Gets or sets whether a value specified by a user should be posted immediately or after a delay. Inherited from BaseEdit.
EditValueType Gets or sets the edit value’s type treatment. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
Effect Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the UIElement. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
ErrorToolTipContentTemplate Gets or sets a template that presents the content of an editor’s error tooltip. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
FlowDirection Gets or sets the direction that text and other user interface (UI) elements flow within any parent element that controls their layout. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Focusable Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the element can receive focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
FocusVisualStyle Gets or sets a property that enables customization of appearance, effects, or other style characteristics that will apply to this element when it captures keyboard focus. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
FontFamily Gets or sets the font family of the control. Inherited from Control.
FontSize Gets or sets the font size. Inherited from Control.
FontStretch Gets or sets the degree to which a font is condensed or expanded on the screen. Inherited from Control.
FontStyle Gets or sets the font style. Inherited from Control.
FontWeight Gets or sets the weight or thickness of the specified font. Inherited from Control.
ForceCursor Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this FrameworkElement should force the user interface (UI) to render the cursor as declared by the Cursor property. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Foreground Gets or sets a brush that describes the foreground color. Inherited from Control.
HandlesScrolling protected Gets a value that indicates whether a control supports scrolling. Inherited from Control.
HasAnimatedProperties Gets a value indicating whether this element has any animated properties. Inherited from UIElement.
HasEffectiveKeyboardFocus protected Gets a value that indicates whether the UIElement has focus. Inherited from UIElement.
Height Gets or sets the suggested height of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
HorizontalAlignment Gets or sets the horizontal alignment characteristics applied to this element when it is composed within a parent element, such as a panel or items control. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
HorizontalContentAlignment Gets or sets the horizontal alignment of the control’s content. Inherited from Control.
HorizontalScrollBarVisibility Gets or sets whether a horizontal scroll bar is shown. This is a dependency property.
InheritanceBehavior protected Gets or sets the scope limits for property value inheritance, resource key lookup, and RelativeSource FindAncestor lookup. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
InputBindings Gets the collection of input bindings associated with this element. Inherited from UIElement.
InputScope Gets or sets the context for input used by this FrameworkElement. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
InputTextToEditValueConverter Obsolete. Gets or sets a converter used to provide the editor’s value from a multiline text editor. Inherited from BaseEdit.
InvalidValueBehavior Gets or sets a value that specifies the editor’s response to an invalid value. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
IsArrangeValid Gets a value indicating whether the computed size and position of child elements in this element’s layout are valid. Inherited from UIElement.
IsEditorActive Gets whether the editor is active. Inherited from BaseEdit.
IsEnabled Gets or sets a value indicating whether this element is enabled in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsEnabledCore protected Gets a value that becomes the return value of IsEnabled in derived classes. Inherited from UIElement.
IsFocused Gets a value that determines whether this element has logical focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsHitTestVisible Gets or sets a value that declares whether this element can possibly be returned as a hit test result from some portion of its rendered content. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsInitialized Gets a value that indicates whether this element has been initialized, either during processing by a XAML processor, or by explicitly having its EndInit() method called. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsInputMethodEnabled Gets a value indicating whether an input method system, such as an Input Method Editor (IME), is enabled for processing the input to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocused Gets a value indicating whether this element has keyboard focus. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsKeyboardFocusWithin Gets a value indicating whether keyboard focus is anywhere within the element or its visual tree child elements. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsLoaded Gets a value that indicates whether this element has been loaded for presentation. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
IsManipulationEnabled Gets or sets a value that indicates whether manipulation events are enabled on this UIElement. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMeasureValid Gets a value indicating whether the current size returned by layout measure is valid. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptured Gets a value indicating whether the mouse is captured to this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseCaptureWithin Gets a value that determines whether mouse capture is held by this element or by child elements in its visual tree. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseDirectlyOver Gets a value that indicates whether the position of the mouse pointer corresponds to hit test results, which take element compositing into account. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsMouseOver Gets a value indicating whether the mouse pointer is located over this element (including child elements in the visual tree). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsNullTextVisible Gets whether the null text is displayed within the editor. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
IsPrintingMode Gets or sets whether the editor is in printing mode. Inherited from BaseEdit.
IsReadOnly Gets or sets whether the editor’s value can be changed by users. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
IsSealed Gets a value that indicates whether this instance is currently sealed (read-only). Inherited from DependencyObject.
IsStylusCaptured Gets a value indicating whether the stylus is captured by this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusCaptureWithin Gets a value that determines whether stylus capture is held by this element, or an element within the element bounds and its visual tree. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusDirectlyOver Gets a value that indicates whether the stylus position corresponds to hit test results, which take element compositing into account. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsStylusOver Gets a value indicating whether the stylus cursor is located over this element (including visual child elements). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
IsTabStop Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a control is included in tab navigation. Inherited from Control.
IsVisible Gets a value indicating whether this element is visible in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Label Gets or sets the caption of the embedded editor label. This is a dependency property.
LabelAtTop
Language Gets or sets localization/globalization language information that applies to an element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
LayoutTransform Gets or sets a graphics transformation that should apply to this element when layout is performed. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
LineCount Gets the total number of text lines.
Margin Gets or sets the outer margin of an element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MaxHeight Gets or sets the maximum height constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MaxLength Gets or sets the maximum number of characters an end-user can enter into the editor. This is a dependency property.
MaxWidth Gets or sets the maximum width constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MinHeight Gets or sets the minimum height constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
MinWidth Gets or sets the minimum width constraint of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Name Gets or sets the identifying name of the element. The name provides a reference so that code-behind, such as event handler code, can refer to a markup element after it is constructed during processing by a XAML processor. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
NullText Gets or sets the text displayed within the edit box when the editor’s value is null. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
NullTextForeground Gets or sets the brush used to paint the foreground of null text. This is a dependency property.
NullValue Gets or sets a null value for the editor, in addition to null and DBNull values. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
Opacity Gets or sets the opacity factor applied to the entire UIElement when it is rendered in the user interface (UI). This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
OpacityMask Gets or sets an opacity mask, as a Brush implementation that is applied to any alpha-channel masking for the rendered content of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
OverridesDefaultStyle Gets or sets a value that indicates whether this element incorporates style properties from theme styles. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Padding Gets or sets the padding inside a control. Inherited from Control.
Parent Gets the logical parent element of this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
PersistId Gets a value that uniquely identifies this element. Inherited from UIElement.
PrintTextWrapping Gets or sets whether a cell’s value is automatically wrapped when it is printed. This is a dependency property.
RenderSize Gets (or sets) the final render size of this element. Inherited from UIElement.
RenderTransform Gets or sets transform information that affects the rendering position of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
RenderTransformOrigin Gets or sets the center point of any possible render transform declared by RenderTransform, relative to the bounds of the element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Resources Gets or sets the locally-defined resource dictionary. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
SelectAllOnGotFocus Gets or sets whether to select the entire text when the editor gets focus via keyboard. This is a dependency property.
SelectAllOnMouseUp Gets or sets whether to select the entire text when the editor gets focus by mouse click. This is a dependency property.
SelectionBrush Gets or sets the TextEditBase selection color. This is a dependency property.
SelectionOpacity Gets or sets the TextEditBase selection opacity. This is a dependency property.
SetNullValueCommand A command that sets the editor’s value to a null value. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShouldDisableExcessiveUpdatesInInplaceInactiveMode This member supports the internal infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowBorder Gets or sets whether the editor’s background is displayed. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowBorderInInplaceMode This member supports the internal infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowError Gets or sets whether an error icon is displayed in the editor containing an invalid value. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowErrorToolTip Gets or sets whether a tooltip with error message is shown when the mouse pointer is over an error icon. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowNullText Gets or sets whether to display the null text. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowNullTextForEmptyValue Gets or sets whether to display the null text for the Empty value. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ShowTooltipForTrimmedText Gets or sets whether to invoke a tooltip for the editor whose content is trimmed. This is a dependency property.
SnapsToDevicePixels Gets or sets a value that determines whether rendering for this element should use device-specific pixel settings during rendering. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
Style Gets or sets the style used by this element when it is rendered. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
StyleSettings Gets or sets an object that defines an editor’s appearance and behavior. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
StylusPlugIns protected Gets a collection of all stylus plug-in (customization) objects associated with this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TabIndex Gets or sets a value that determines the order in which elements receive focus when the user navigates through controls by using the TAB key. Inherited from Control.
Tag Gets or sets an arbitrary object value that can be used to store custom information about this element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Template Gets or sets a control template. Inherited from Control.
TemplatedParent Gets a reference to the template parent of this element. This property is not relevant if the element was not created through a template. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
Text Gets or sets the editor’s text. This is a dependency property.
TextInputSettings Provides access to the edit settings. This is a dependency property.
TextTrimming Gets or sets the text trimming behavior. This is a dependency property.
TextWrapping Gets or sets whether the text wraps when it reaches the edge of the text box. This is a dependency property.
ToolTip Gets or sets the tool-tip object that is displayed for this element in the user interface (UI). Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TouchesCaptured Gets all touch devices that are captured to this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesCapturedWithin Gets all touch devices that are captured to this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesDirectlyOver Gets all touch devices that are over this element. Inherited from UIElement.
TouchesOver Gets all touch devices that are over this element or any child elements in its visual tree. Inherited from UIElement.
Triggers Gets the collection of triggers established directly on this element, or in child elements. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
TrimmedTextToolTipContentTemplate

Gets or sets the data template used to display the content of a tooltip invoked for the editor whose text is trimmed. This is a dependency property.

Inherited from BaseEdit.
Uid Gets or sets the unique identifier (for localization) for this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
UseLayoutRounding Gets or sets a value that indicates whether layout rounding should be applied to this element’s size and position during layout. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
ValidateOnEnterKeyPressed Gets or sets whether the edit value should be validated when pressing the ENTER key. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ValidateOnTextInput Gets or sets whether the edit value should be validated while typing within the editor’s text box. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
ValidationErrorTemplate Gets or sets the template used to display an editor’s validation error messages. This is a dependency property. Inherited from BaseEdit.
VerticalAlignment Gets or sets the vertical alignment characteristics applied to this element when it is composed within a parent element such as a panel or items control. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
VerticalContentAlignment Gets or sets the vertical alignment of the control’s content. Inherited from Control.
VerticalScrollBarVisibility Gets or sets whether a vertical scroll bar is shown. This is a dependency property.
Visibility Gets or sets the user interface (UI) visibility of this element. This is a dependency property. Inherited from UIElement.
VisualBitmapEffect protected Gets or sets the BitmapEffect value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualBitmapEffectInput protected Gets or sets the BitmapEffectInput value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualBitmapScalingMode protected Gets or sets the BitmapScalingMode for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualCacheMode protected Gets or sets a cached representation of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualClearTypeHint protected Gets or sets the ClearTypeHint that determines how ClearType is rendered in the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualClip protected Gets or sets the clip region of the Visual as a Geometry value. Inherited from Visual.
VisualEdgeMode protected Gets or sets the edge mode of the Visual as an EdgeMode value. Inherited from Visual.
VisualEffect protected Gets or sets the bitmap effect to apply to the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOffset protected Gets or sets the offset value of the visual object. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOpacity protected Gets or sets the opacity of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualOpacityMask protected Gets or sets the Brush value that represents the opacity mask of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualParent protected Gets the visual tree parent of the visual object. Inherited from Visual.
VisualScrollableAreaClip protected Gets or sets a clipped scrollable area for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTextHintingMode protected Gets or sets the TextHintingMode of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTextRenderingMode protected Gets or sets the TextRenderingMode of the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualTransform protected Gets or sets the Transform value for the Visual. Inherited from Visual.
VisualXSnappingGuidelines protected Gets or sets the x-coordinate (vertical) guideline collection. Inherited from Visual.
VisualYSnappingGuidelines protected Gets or sets the y-coordinate (horizontal) guideline collection. Inherited from Visual.
Width Gets or sets the width of the element. Inherited from FrameworkElement.
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