Silverlight Textbox Control

I have a Login control with a normal SL TextBox, followed by a TextBoxPlus set in password mode.
Place the cursor in the normal textbox and pressing Tab does not focus on the TextBoxPlus correctly. Pressing Tab once more does focus on the text area - but the focus is shifting to somewhere else in between.

Thanks,
Lee

Hello,

Thanks for the bug report, it seems the latest version still has issues with the Password mode, were looking at this at the moment and hope to have it fully resolved soon!

For your information... The password TextBox is still having some problem on it in version 4.7.

When replacing selected text at middle of the entire text, it couldn't fully be replace, or when backspace/delete at the middle of text also facing same problem...

Please take a view on it... I have checked the version before Silverlight 2 Beta 2 that is Version 4.5, the password textbox was just worked perfectly...

Looking forward to hear from you...

Thank you.

Hello,

The latest version 4.7 of the controls library fixes this problem and can be downloaded now!

Hello,

Thanks for the bug reports, we are aware of this problem and are resolving it at this moment. A new version of the controls will be available soon which will fix this issue!

I, too, am experiencing issues with using the TextBoxPlus control in password mode (version 4.6 SL 2 Beta 2). When I use the backspace or the delete keys in the password textbox the browser hangs.

Here's a the basic outline of the XAML that I am using, (I removed all the unnecessary attributes from the all the controls except the liquid textbox control)

    <Border>
         <Grid>
                <TextBlock Text="Username:" />
                <TextBlock Text="Password:" />
                <TextBox x:Name="txtUserName" />
                <liquid:TextBoxPlus Password="True" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="5,0,10,0" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="10" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" d:LayoutOverrides="Height" Width="160" x:Name="txtPassword" Round="2" TabIndex="1" />
     <Button Content="Login" />
     <HyperlinkButton Content="Sign up, now." />
            </Grid>
     </Border>

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks,
KhaSmith

the password textbox in version 4.6 which is compatible with Silverlight 2 Beta 2 got some problem on it...
on copy text or undo will sometimes make the page hang...

please take a view on it...

hope to hear from you soon...

Hello,

Not at the moment, this would not be a huge task and is one we will consider in the future. Thanks for the suggestion!

Are there any plans to add a button or child array to the textbox so you can have a browse (...) or search (magnifying glass) button with in the textbox?

Hi Richard,

At the moment the foreground color has to be set in the control declaration only, this is on the list of improvements for the next version. The current version overrides any color setting in the style template which is a bit of a pain, but this will be fixed. Thanks for your patience!

I'm working on a custom template for the textbox and I'm having some difficulty setting the foreground color to something other than black. I copied the default template and have edited it to suit my needs but when add a foreground="#ffffffff" to the ElementText element the text color does not change.

Since I couldn't get the above to work I tried to set the foreground in the page.xaml where the control is actually defined. That worked well so I decided to put another Setter in the Style in my app.xaml but I get an "Invalid Property: Setter" error.

Is setting the foreground only available on the control definition or am I just missing something?

Thanks for the help,
Richard

Hello,

Thanks for the link, databinding is being looked at at the moment, we will update this page when we are nearer a solution!

Do you have plans to support data binding like the standard Silverlight controls? This page has a good example of how databinding works with a standard textbox. http://www.u2u.info/Blogs/Peter/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=271

Hello,

As noted earlier, certain characters cannot be input into the textbox, we are working on a solution for this at the moment and your patience is appreciated.

Hello
why can I write other characters like (á, é) in national language?

Hello,

This is an interesting one, at the moment it is not possible to set the font source to a downloader object, this request has been added to the features list for the next version. In theory displaying non-standard fonts is possible, detecting the key presses would be more difficult and as Silverlight is still not officially released I'm not sure if it's even possible yet.

This is something we are looking into and anyone out there who may have come across working with Silverlight and non-English keyboards are welcome to share their ideas.

hi dan


It will be able to set a font source with the down loader object?

I wants setting with the font where the Korean alphabet control is possible

The controls demo now has a javascript solution to the issue of tabbing between controls, we are still working on a full .NET solution.

Hello,

Sure, to enable password mode, in your textbox set the property Password = true. You can also change the character that is displayed by setting the PasswordCharater property. You must have Version 2.5 to use the password mode.

The TextBox Reference page a full list of available TextBox properties.

Hi dan,

Can u plz share how to use password mode in textbox

Hello,

Yes we are aware of this limitation and are currently working on a solution. Basically the tab event is picked up by Javascript first and precessed and then passed to Silverlight. So although the tab key could be detected and the focus moved between controls there is no way in .NET to stop javascript processing the tab key press event.

Not stopping the javascript keypress events would lead to the silverlight controls and HTML elements being tabbed at the same time causing unacceptable browser behaviour.

As I have said we are working on a solution for this at the moment which doesn't involve javascript as we are trying to keep these controls .NET only, any suggestions are welcome.

The key down event is not firing when we press the tab button.
How do we move from controls to controls by pressing tab buttons?

Hello,

Version 2.4 should be completed by 31st Jan, regarding the TextBox border color and the rounded corners, the example under Visual Customizations gives an example of how to change the border color. Essentially the background of the TextBox is a Rectangle and using the skinning method in the example you can set the border color with:

skins.Add("TextBox.Background.Stroke", red);

To change the roundness of the corners using the example you would add the following to your skins collection:

skins.Add("TextBox.Background.RadiusX", 0);
skins.Add("TextBox.Background.RadiusY", 0);

The above would set both rounded properties to 0 removing the roundness.

Is 2.4 v released? can v change border color and rounded corner of a text box?

The multi-line TextBox is now available. This control is called the TextArea and is available in Version 2.4, information regarding the TextArea and how to implement it in your own Silverlight applications can be found under the TextArea section of the Controls menu to the top left of this page.

Hello,

At the moment the TextBox is only a single line textbox, a multi-line textbox is in development. The TotalHeight in the current textbox is only for reading. The height of the textbox is automatic based on the FontSize property.

As previously mentioned, a multi-line version is in development and is scheduled for completion soon.

hi Dan,
the TotalHeight property of the textbox does not work, plz help me out

Hi,

These controls can be used in Silverlight User controls just fine, the problem your having is down to the way Silverlight handles keyboard events. All key press events go to the Silverlight page only, it is the responsibility of the developer to filter the key press event down to the relevant child controls.

Taking the example code and using it in a User Control will not work, the Root object and the event key press event handling must be done in your Silverlight Page. Let us know if you still can't suss this out, or you can email your project to dan@vectorlight.net.

I am trying to use your control within a custom silverlight control. I am unable to type in the textbox, the keydown event doesnt fire. Ive used the sample code above with no luck. Do these controls have to be used in a silverlight page or can they be used in a silverlight usercontrol?

Hi,

I have updated the example above to show how to manage focus using the Root object. Basically all vectorlight controls have a Root object, you need to declare a Root object at a Page (global) level and set the Root property of any vectorlight control to this global object.

Then when you handle key presses within your Silverlight Page you should call the KeyDown() method in the Root object and this will direct the key press event to the currently active textbox. The above revised example should help you with what you're trying to do.

Whilst testing this myself a bug became apparent, you must set the TotalWidth property in your XAML for your textbox controls as not setting this can affect the blink too, this has been added to the bug fix list for Version 2.2. Thanks for you help identifying these problems.

i have used ur textboxes in my sample application, it works great. u have done a great job. but caret wont stop blinking even when focus is moved out. if i have 3 textboxes in my app. if i enter data in all 3 , caret will be blinking in all 3

You need to ensure the OnKeyDown event is correctly set for your textbox. Because all keyboard events go to the Silverlight page you must implement logic to filter keypress events down to all the child textbox controls.

If you follow the example provided at the top of this page you should see how the event handling needs to be implemented.

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