.NET MAUI Entry Text Selection
The Entry supports a number of settings for managing the selection of its input text.
The text selection properties provided by the Entry are:
CursorPosition(int)—Specifies the starting position of the selected text in the entry.SelectionLength(int)—Specifies the number of characters in the current Entry selection.
The following snippet shows how to preselect a part of the Entry text when the control is focused by applying both properties.
Define the text orientation and the text of the Entry.
<HorizontalStackLayout>
<telerik:RadEntry x:Name="selectEntry"
Text="select some text" />
<telerik:RadButton Text="Focus"
Clicked="FocusButtonClicked" />
</HorizontalStackLayout>
Set the Clicked event handler:
private void FocusButtonClicked(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
selectEntry.Focus();
selectEntry.CursorPosition = 7;
selectEntry.SelectionLength = 9;
}
The following image shows the end result.
