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c#winformstextbox

How to always show end of text in windows form textbox c# (even when not focused)

CONTEXT :

  • I'm using visual studio 2017 on a win 10 computer.
  • I'm developing a C# windows form app.
  • The app saves files to a directory. (Here pictures and videos)
  • You can select the wanted folder with a button. ([...])
  • The selected folder's path then shows in the textbox.
  • The textbox is always set to disabled. (I want the user to always go through the FolderBrowserDialog to select the desired folder)

QUESTION :

I want the textbox to always show the end of my selected folder's text even when not in focus.

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I'm limited in space and can't stretch the textbox to show all the path.

Here, I would like the textbox to show something like :

...\morneaulo\Desktop instead of C:\Users\morneaulo\Des...

I would also prefer to keep all the available text in the textbox because I use the textbox.Text property when the files are saved.

Solution

  • You could try to set it in code behind like so:

    FileTextBox.SelectionStart = FileTextBox.Text.Length;
FileTextBox.SelectionLength = 0;