Selecting text in a textbox

[Karen Hagerman]

I would like the text in a textbox automatically selected when the textbox gets focus. Any ideas as to how to do this?

Karen

 

[Allen Browne]

Set the option under:
Tools | Options | Keyboard | Behavior entering field

If you want to alter a selection programmatically, see help on SelStart and
SelLength.

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I would like the text in a textbox automatically selected when the textbox
gets focus. Any ideas as to how to do this?

Karen

 

[Steve]

Put the following code in the OnEnter event of the textbox:

Me!NameOfTextBox.SelLength = Len([Me!NameOfTextBox.Text])

This will highlight all the text in the textbox when you enter the textbox.


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I would like the text in a textbox automatically selected when the textbox gets
focus. Any ideas as to how to do this?

Karen