AutoSelect Behavior

The AutoSelectBehavior automatically selects the entire content of its associated TextBox when it is loaded.

Platform APIs: AutoSelectBehavior

Try it in the sample app

Example

In this example using the AutoSelectBehavior the textbox content will be automatically selected when it is loaded:

  <TextBox Text="My content is selected when loaded">
    <interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
      <behaviors:AutoSelectBehavior />
    </interactivity:Interaction.Behaviors>
  </TextBox>

Sample Project

AutoSelect behavior sample page Source. You can see this in action in Windows Community Toolkit Sample App.

Source Code

• AutoSelect behavior source code

Related Topics

• XAML Behaviors