How to select entire text on mouse click in WPF MultiColumnDropDown (SfMultiColumnDropDown)?
WPF MultiColumnDropDown (SfMultiColumnDropDown) allows you to edit via TextBox. You can select the text displayed in the textbox when it got the focus from any other control by wiring the Loaded event of WPF MultiColumnDropDown (SfMultiColumnDropDown) and calling the TextBox Control SelectAll method in the TextBox.PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp event and defining the Boolean property customization in lost focus event.
public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow() { InitializeComponent(); this.MultiColumnControl.Loaded += MultiColumnControl_Loaded; } void MultiColumnControl_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { TextBox textBox = (TextBox)GridUtil.FindDescendantChildByType(MultiColumnControl, typeof(TextBox)); textBox.PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp += TextBox_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp; textBox.LostFocus += TextBox_LostFocus; } private void TextBox_LostFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { //Enable the boolean property after lost focus of SfMultiColumnDropDownControl mouseClickSelection = true; } //declare the bollean property bool mouseClickSelection = true; private async void TextBox_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs e) { TextBox tb = sender as TextBox; //Check the condition when selection apply or not if (mouseClickSelection) { await Application.Current.Dispatcher.InvokeAsync(tb.SelectAll); //disable the boolean porperty to selection apply only first time in SfMultiColumnDropDownControl via mouse click mouseClickSelection = false; } } protected override void OnClosing(CancelEventArgs e) { TextBox textBox = (TextBox)GridUtil.FindDescendantChildByType(MultiColumnControl, typeof(TextBox)); textBox.PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp -= TextBox_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp; this.MultiColumnControl.Loaded -= MultiColumnControl_Loaded; } }
The following screenshot shows the selecting text when editor got focus in WPF MultiColumnDropDown (SfMultiColumnDropDown),
Take a moment to peruse the WPF MultiColumnDropDown - Editing and Auto complete documentation, where you can find about editing and auto complete with code examples.
Please refer this link to know about the essential features of WPF MultiColumnDropDown.
You can download the example from GitHub