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Textbox

The Textbox control provides the user with an inputfield to display or edit unformatted text.

This documentation is a WIP and probably not exhaustive.

Usage Example​

This example shows how to use the Textbox control and set a placeholder text.

var exampleTextBox = new Textbox()
{
      PlaceholderText = "Enter name here ...",
      Size = new Point(358, 43),
      Font = GameService.Content.DefaultFont16,
      Location = new Point(0, 0),
      Parent = parentPanel,
};

Available Parameters and Arguments​

Size Type: Point Size of the control (optional)

Location Type: Point Position of the control within parent panel

Parent Type: Panel Parent Panel

Text Type: String The text this control will show by default (optional)

PlaceholderText Type: String A placeholder text when control is empty (optional)

Font Type: BitmapFont The used font (optional)

ForeColor Type: Color Color of the font (optional)

Focused Type: Bool If the control should be focused by default (optional)

SelectionStart Type: Int Start position if preselected text (optional)

SelectionEnd Type: Int End position if preselected text (optional)

CursorIndex Type: Int Position of the cursor (optional)

Available Methods​

A list of Methods and EventHandlers to hook onto.

TextChanged Call a method when the user typed text.

InputFocusChanged Call a method when the user changes focus to the control.

CursorIndexChanged Call a method when the user changes the position of the cursor.

EnterPressed Call a method when the Enter key is pressed by the user.

Remarks​

This documentation is a WIP and probably not exhaustive.