TextBox.Text Property

Definition

Gets or sets the text contents of the text box.

public:
 property System::String ^ Text { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
[System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Text)]
public string Text { get; set; }
[<System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Text)>]
member this.Text : string with get, set
Public Property Text As String

Property Value

A string containing the text contents of the text box. The default is an empty string ("").

Attributes

Remarks

Getting this property returns a string copy of the contents of the text box. Setting this property replaces the contents of the text box with the specified string.

This property does not support animation.

When used in data-binding scenarios, this property uses the default update behavior of UpdateSourceTrigger.LostFocus.

XAML Property Element Usage

<object>  
  String  
</object>  

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field TextProperty
Metadata properties set to true BindsTwoWayByDefault, Journal

Applies to

See also