I'm building an application and I have a TextBox control that is filled with a value. On some occasions the control is too small and I don't have the space to expand it.
How do you show the TextBox content on hover when the control is too small?
Add a tooltip to the form and the following code
Private Sub TextBox1_MouseHover(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.MouseHover
ToolTip1.SetToolTip(TextBox1, TextBox1.Text)
End Sub
This has the same answer as this question:
Showing Textbox ToolTip
Private _toolTip As New ToolTip()
Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
_toolTip.Show(TextBox1.Text, TextBox1)
End Sub
Related
If I want to set the focus on a textbox when the form is first opened, then at design time, I can set it's tabOrder property to 0 and make sure no other form control has a tabOrder of 0.
If I want to achieve the same result at run-time, using code, how should I proceed?
Are there alternatives to using tabOrder?
I assume any run-time code will be in the form's constructor or its onload event handler?
EDIT
In other words I'd like to be able to type straight into the textbox as soon as the form appears without having to manually tab to it, or manually select it.
Because you want to set it when the form loads, you have to first .Show() the form before you can call the .Focus() method. The form cannot take focus in the Load event until you show the form
Private Sub RibbonForm1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Me.Show()
TextBox1.Select()
End Sub
I think what you're looking for is:
textBox1.Select();
in the constructor. (This is in C#. Maybe in VB that would be the same but without the semicolon.)
From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.focus.aspx :
Focus is a low-level method intended primarily for custom control
authors. Instead, application programmers should use the Select method
or the ActiveControl property for child controls, or the Activate
method for forms.
Private Sub Form1_Shown(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Shown
TextBox1.Select()
End Sub
Using Focus method
Private Sub frmTest_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
yourControl.Focus()
End Sub
To set focus,
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
TextBox1.Focus()
End Sub
Set the TabIndex by
Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 0
Quite simple :
For the tab control, you need to handle the _SelectedIndexChanged event:
Private Sub TabControl1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles TabControl1.SelectedIndexChanged
If TabControl1.SelectedTab.Name = "TabPage1" Then
TextBox2.Focus()
End If
If TabControl1.SelectedTab.Name = "TabPage2" Then
TextBox4.Focus()
End If
I think the appropriate event handler to use is "Shown".
And you only need to focus the appropriate text box.
Private Sub Me_Shown(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Shown
myTextbox.Focus()
End Sub
create a textbox:
<TextBox Name="tb">
..hello..
</TextBox>
focus() ---> it is used to set input focus to the textbox control
tb.focus()
I am trying to work in the tooltip in vb.net. What I am trying to do is whatever I write the text in the textbox control show it in the tooltip. I am able to show text in tooltip but my question is when I edit input text it will show old and new text in the popup tooltip. Here is what I have done so far.
Public Class Form1
Dim s As String = ""
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
s = TextBox1.Text
Dim tooltip1 As System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip = New System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip()
tooltip1.SetToolTip(Button1, s)
End Sub
End Class
Thank you.
It's hard to figure out why this is useful, but try using the TextChanged event of the textbox to update the tooltip:
Private _ToolTip As New ToolTip()
Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
_ToolTip.Show(TextBox1.Text, TextBox1)
End Sub
Using VB.Net (Windows Application)
In the form (called as FirstForm), i am using textbox, add-form Button, search button.
When i click the add-form button, it will give the new form (same as FirstForm)
Code for adding new form
Private Sub btnadd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnadd.Click
Dim SecondForm As New FirstForm
SecondForm.Show()
End Sub
Search Button Code
Private Sub Search_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Search.Click
If FirstForm.Focus = True Then
FirstForm.textbox1.Text = gridview1.Rows(crRow).Cells("code").Value.ToString().Trim()
Else
Dim SecondForm As New FirstForm
SecondForm.textbox1.Text = gridview1.Rows(crRow).Cells("code").Value.ToString().Trim()
End If
End Sub
The above code is working, but If i am in second Form when i click the search button and selected the value, then the value is appearing in the FirstForm textbox, it is not appearing in the SecondForm textbox.
If SecondForm is showing, the selected Value should appear in the SecondForm textbox not in the FirstForm Textbox.
How to solve this issue.
Need Vb.net code Help
Use Me - Reference variable which hold ref. of current form.
Dim frm As FirstForm
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If IsNothing(frm) OrElse frm.IsDisposed Then
frm = New FirstForm
End If
frm.Show()
End Sub
Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Me.textbox1.Text = gridview1.Rows(crRow).Cells("code").Value.ToString().Trim()
End Sub
Using "me" will not solve the problem?? why are you referring to the form in a static way?
Private Sub Search_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Search.Click
textbox1.Text = gridview1.Rows(crRow).Cells("code").Value.ToString().Trim()
End Sub
I have multiple textbox in a form. How do I know what textbox the cursor currently is?
Trying to do something like this:
If TextBox2.Focus() = True Then
MessageBox.Show("its in two")
ElseIf TextBox3.Focus = True Then
MessageBox.Show("its in three")
End If
But I think its not working.
TextBox.Focus actually assigns the focus to the given textbox. What you're looking for is TextBox.Focused. :)
In fact, all form controls have the Focused property.
I know this already has an accepted answer but I just think this method is a bit easier and should be up here for people who find this through Google or whatever.
Public focussedTextBox As TextBox
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
For Each control As Control In Me.Controls
If control.GetType.Equals(GetType(TextBox)) Then
Dim textBox As TextBox = control
AddHandler textBox.Enter, Sub() focussedTextBox = textBox
End If
Next
End Sub
This way you can then just refer to the focussedTextBox at any time. You should make sure that you check that there is a focussedTextBox before you do however becuase when the application first loads there will not be. You can do this using:
If Not focussedTextBox Is Nothing Then
...
End If
Alternatively, you could set focussedTextBox to a TextBox of your choice on form load, either by setting its value or by focussing the TextBox.
Obviously, it will not work if you are calling your code in a Button_Click because when you click the Button then the focus is itself goes to the Button which you have clicked.
You can do two things:
Make a combined Focus event for all TextBoxes and check its Sender object.
Private Sub TextBox_Focus(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox2.Enter, TextBox3.Enter
Dim currTextBox As TextBox = sender
If currTextBox.Equals(TextBox2) Then
MessageBox.Show("it's in two")
ElseIf currTextBox.Equals(TextBox3) Then
MessageBox.Show("it's in three")
End If
End Sub
OR
Take a global string variable, and set its value at each TextBox_Focus event, then check string value in the button click event.
Dim str As String
Private Sub TextBox2_Focus(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox2.Enter
str = "two"
End Sub
Private Sub TextBox3_Focus(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox3.Enter
str = "three"
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("it's in " & str)
End Sub
give me code, in which i can enter a word in a textbox and a listbox appear with a item that has same string in which i enter in a textbox.
Please Help me...
I found the following via Google, which sound like the type of things you want to do:
Autosearch ListBox in VB.NET
(WinForms)
Search Listboxes as You Type
(WinForms or is this VB6?)
Searching for items in a ListBox
(WPF)
Using # 1, here is some code:
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
List1.Items.Add("Computer")
List1.Items.Add("Screen")
List1.Items.Add("Modem")
List1.Items.Add("Printer")
List1.Items.Add("Scanner")
List1.Items.Add("Sound Blaster")
End Sub
Private Sub Text1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Text1.TextChanged
Dim i As Integer = List1.FindString(Text1.Text)
List1.SelectedIndex = i
If Text1.Text = "" Then
List1.SelectedIndex = -1
End If
End Sub
Think pseudocode, you can do this.
Grab the text from the textbox.
Set a pointer / counter to the listbox and loop through each item until the end of the list. If the textbox value has the same value as the listboxitem.text then you've found a match exit the for loop.
Add this code to texboxchange
Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
ListBox1.SelectedIndex = ListBox1.FindString(TextBox1.Text.Trim)
End Sub