TextBox How-to Topics

This section provides examples that demonstrate how to accomplish common tasks using the TextBox control.

In This Section

• How to: Create a Multiline TextBox Control

• How to: Detect When Text in a TextBox Has Changed

• How to: Enable Tab Characters in a TextBox Control

• How to: Get a Collection of Lines from a TextBox

• How to: Make a TextBox Control Read-Only

• How to: Position the Cursor at the Beginning or End of Text in a TextBox Control

• How to: Retrieve a Text Selection

• How to: Set Focus in a TextBox Control

• How to: Set the Text Content of a TextBox Control

• How to: Enable Spell Checking in a Text Editing Control

• How to: Use a Custom Context Menu with a TextBox

• How to: Use Spell Checking with a Context Menu

• How to: Add a Watermark to a TextBox

Reference

TextBox

RichTextBox

TextBlock

PasswordBox

See Also

Concepts

TextBox Styles and Templates

Other Resources

WPF Controls Gallery Sample