MaskedTextBox does not showing starting characters

Question

I have C# DotNet Windows Application form

in my application have two MaskedTextBox and they are showing different values.

Property of Mask 1

• FONT : Microsoft Sans Serif Regular size 16pt
  
• RIGHT TO LEFT : NO
  
• TEXT ALIGN : LEFT
  
• MASK : >&&&&&&&&&
  
• WIDTH : 100
  
• HEIGHT : 31
  
• TEXT : ASHISH PATIDAR
  

Property of Mask 2

• FONT : Microsoft Sans Serif Regular size 16pt
  
• RIGHT TO LEFT : NO
  
• TEXT ALIGN : LEFT
  
• MASK :
  
• WIDTH : 100
  
• HEIGHT : 31
  
• TEXT : ASHISH PATIDAR
  

1st MaskedTextBox have Mask and 2nd have not Mask, rest property are same.

• Case 1
  when set the mask and value are shown like "HISH_PAT" as MASK 1 text box.(as show in image).

• Case 2
  when does not set the mask and value are shown like "ASHISH P" as MASK 2 text box (as show in image).

I want to show value like "ASHISH P" as MASK 2 text box (as show in image). When the Mask is SET, but I do not want to change width of MaskedTextBox.

How to resolve this ?

Answer 1

I just played around bit with the MaskedTextBox properties and it looks to be default behaviour of the control and co-related with Width. So when the length of the text to be displayed exceeds proportionate to the width of the control, the text towards end is shown.

I managed to make use of the maskedTextBox.Select property manually move the to the 1st character of with the below code line;

maskedTextBox1.Select(0, 1);

The above line selects the first character of the control, which enables to show the start of the entered text/ selection. The code should be called from the maskedTextBox1.Leave event. If your app displays some data at the start of the application/ screen then the same would have to be called from the Form.Load event as well.