TextBox Properties
The properties defined in the TextBox class are summarized in the following table.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| alignment | Contains the text position in the control |
| autoTab | Specifies whether focus is automatically moved to the next control in the tab order of the form, or to the next accessible cell (for a TextBox control in a table) |
| case | Contains the automatic case conversion of entered text |
| dataType | Contains the type of data that can be entered by the user |
| decimals | Specifies whether text is a decimal type numeric and the maximum number of decimal places text can have |
| formatOut | Contains system-defined formats of data in text boxes during printing |
| hintBackColor | Contains the text box back ground color when hint text is displayed |
| hintForeColor | Contains the hint text color when hint text is displayed |
| hintText | Contains the text displayed in an empty text box as a hint |
| integralHeight | Specifies whether the text box height is an exact number of lines of text |
| maxLength | Contains how much text can be entered |
| passwordField | Specifies whether the characters typed by a user or placeholder characters are displayed |
| readOnly | Specifies whether a control is read-only for user input |
| scrollBars | Specifies whether an object has horizontal or vertical scroll bars |
| scrollHorizontal | Specifies whether the text scrolls horizontally |
| scrollHorzPos | Contains the position of the horizontal scroll bar |
| scrollVertical | Specifies whether the text scrolls vertically |
| scrollVertPos | Contains the position of the vertical scroll bar |
| selectionStyle | Specifies whether selected text is highlighted when a control loses or gains the focus |
| selLength | Contains the number of selected characters |
| selStart | Contains the starting point of selected text |
| selText | Contains the string containing the currently selected text |
| text | Contains the text contained in the edit area |
| textOffset | Contains the pixel offset of the left and right margins for text displayed in a text box |
| wantReturn | Specifies whether carriage returns are passed to the text box when an enabled and visible default button is defined on the same form |
| webInputType | Contains the type of input that is accepted by a text box control on a Web page |
For details, see "Window, Form, and Control Properties", later in this document.
