The EditBox class implements the EditBox development environment component that is a single-line text editor.
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| The PasswordChar property determines a character that substitutes real characters entered by the user. |
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| The AutoSelect property defines whether all component text is selected when component gets focused. | ||
| The BorderStyle property determines the style of a component border. | ||
| The CanUndo property returns True, if it is possible to undo changes in component text. | ||
| The CharacterCasing property defines the case of entered component characters. | ||
| The HideSelection property defines whether selected component's text should remain selected on transferring focus to another component. | ||
| The MaxLength property defines the maximum length of entered text. | ||
| The Modified property returns True if the component text has been changed. | ||
| The ReadOnly property defines whether user is allowed to change component text. | ||
| The SelLength property determines the number of characters selected in the component text. | ||
| The SelStart property determines the position to start text selection in the component. | ||
| The SelText property defines text selected in the component. |
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| The Align property determines component alignment within its parent component. | ||
| The AllowDrag property determines whether an object can be dragged from a component. | ||
| The AllowDrop property determines whether a component can accept a dragged object. | ||
| The Anchors property returns settings determining % of the size change for the current component when the parent component is resized. | ||
| The Brush property specifies the brush used to fill the component area. | ||
| The ClientHeight property determines the height of the client component area. | ||
| The ClientWidth property determines the width of the client component area. | ||
| The Color property determines the background color of a component. | ||
| The Cursor property determines how the cursor looks like when you hover over a component during form execution. | ||
| The Enabled property determines whether a component is available for a user. | ||
| The Focused property returns True if the given component is focused. | ||
| The Font property defines the parameters of the font used to display text in a component. | ||
| The Heigth property determines the component height (pixels). | ||
| The HelpContext property determines the unique index for a section of a context help for this component. | ||
| The Hint property determines the tip text displayed if you hover over a component. | ||
| The HintTimeout property sets for how long the tooltip is shown. | ||
| The Left property determines the coordinate of the component left edge (pixels). | ||
| The Parent property determines the parent component. | ||
| The ParentColor property determines whether a component inherits the color of the parent component. | ||
| The ParentFont property determines whether a component should use the font of the parent component. | ||
| The ParentShowHint property determines when a tooltip is displayed. | ||
| The PopupMenu property determines the context menu displayed when a component is clicked using the right mouse button. | ||
| The Scrolls property returns parameters of component's scroll bars. | ||
| The ShowHint property determines whether a tooltip should be displayed when you hover over a component. | ||
| The TabOrder property determines the position of a component in a tab order. | ||
| The TabStop property determines whether the focus is set to a component when the Tab button is pressed. | ||
| The Text property determines the row identifying a component for a user. | ||
| The Top property determines the coordinate of the component upper edge (pixels). | ||
| The Visible property determines whether a component is displayed at the form runtime. | ||
| The Width property determines the horizontal size of a component (pixels). |
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| ComponentCount | The ComponentCount property returns the number of child components, located on the parent component. | |
| Components | The Components property returns child property, the index of which is passed by the input parameter. | |
| Data | The Data property is used to store any custom data. | |
| Name | The Name property specifies the component name. | |
| Tag | The compiler does not use the Tag property. A user can change the value of the Tag property and use it as he wishes. |
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| Clear | The Clear method deletes all text in the component. | |
| ClearSelection | The ClearSelection method deletes selected text in component. | |
| ClearUndo | The ClearUndo method is used to fix changes of the Text property. | |
| CopyToClipboard | The CopyToClipboard method copies selected data to the clipboard. | |
| CutToClipboard | The CutToClipboard method cuts selected data and place them to the clipboard. | |
| PasteFromClipboard | The PasteFromClipboard method pastes data from the clipboard. | |
| SelectAll | The SelectAll method selects all text in component. | |
| Undo | The Undo method cancels last text change in the component. |
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| Outdated. The BringToFront method sends a component to the foreground. | ||
| The ClientToScreen method converts the coordinates of a point specified relative to the component coordinate system to screen coordinates. | ||
| The DoDragDrop method allows to start dragging. | ||
| The GetImage method returns a graphic presentation of a component together with all children. | ||
| The ScreenToClient method converts screen coordinates of a point to coordinates specified relative to the component coordinate system. | ||
| Outdated. The SendToBack method is used to send a component to the background. | ||
| The SetFocus method sets focus to this component. |
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| OnChange | The OnChange event occurs after the Text property of the edit component has been changed. |
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| The OnBeginDrag event occurs for a component, when a user starts to drag an object from the component. | ||
| The OnClick event occurs, if a user clicks a component area using the main mouse button. | ||
| The OnControlMove event occurs when a component is moved. | ||
| The OnControlResize event occurs when a component is resized. | ||
| The OnDblClick event occurs if a user double clicks a component area using the mouse button. | ||
| The OnDragDrop event occurs for a component if a user drops a dragged object over it. | ||
| The OnDragEnter event occurs, when a dragged object enters the space of this component. | ||
| The OnDragLeave event occurs when a dragged object leaves the borders of this component. | ||
| The OnDragOver event occurs for this component when a user drags a dragged object over it. | ||
| The OnEnter event occurs when a component get focused. | ||
| The OnExit event occurs when a component loses focus. | ||
| The OnHScroll event occurs on changing position of horizontal scrollbar slider. | ||
| The OnKeyDown event occurs if a component is focused and a keyboard key is pressed. | ||
| The OnKeyPress event occurs if a component is focused when a user presses a character key. | ||
| The OnKeyPreview event occurs prior to each event requiring clicking. | ||
| The OnKeyUp event occurs if a component is focused and a user releases any button previously pressed. | ||
| The OnMouseDown event occurs when the pointer is in component area and a mouse button is pressed. | ||
| The OnMouseEnter event occurs when mouse cursor enters the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseHover event occurs when mouse cursor is held in the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseLeave event occurs when mouse cursor leaves the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseMove event occurs when the mouse cursor moves over a component. | ||
| The OnMouseUp event occurs on releasing mouse button when the cursor is in component area. | ||
| The OnMouseWheel event occurs if the component has focus when the mouse wheel is rotated. | ||
| The OnVScroll event occurs on changing position of vertical scrollbar slider. |
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