Move Focus
This feature makes navigating through the controls easier and allows you to add keyboard navigation support to the Input controls. The following properties enable you to move focus from or to the Input controls.
ExitOnLastChar: Moves focus from the Input control either when the length of the text entered reaches the maximum length, as defined in the MaxLength property, or when the mask is filled. Its default value is False.
ExitOnLeftRightKey: Moves focus from the Input control when the left or right arrow keys are pressed. Its default value is None.
TabStop: Indicates whether the focus is moved to the Input control, from the control on the left, when the TAB key is pressed. Its default value is True.
The table below describes values and behavior of the above properties.
Property | Possible Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
ExitOnLastChar | True | Enables moving focus from the Input control when the length of text entered reaches the maximum length, defined in the MaxLength property, or when the mask is filled. |
False | Disables moving focus from the Input control when the length of text entered reaches the maximum length, defined in the MaxLength property, or when the mask is filled. | |
ExitOnLeftRightKey | None | Disables moving from the Input control when the arrow keys are pressed. |
Left | Enables moving focus to the control on the left side of the Input control, when the left arrow key is pressed. | |
Right | Enables moving focus to the control on the right side of the Input control, when the right arrow key is pressed. | |
Both | Enables moving focus to the control on either left or right side of the Input control, when the respective key is pressed. | |
TabStop | True | Enables moving focus to the Input control, from the control on the left side of the Input control, when the TAB key is pressed. |
False | Disables moving focus to the Input control, from the control on the left side of the Input control, when the TAB key is pressed. |
Complete the following steps to enable or disable this feature in the Input control:
Create a new Windows Application project. Place a Input control on the form.
From the Properties window, set either one or all of the following properties, as per your requirement.
Set the ExitOnLastChar to true or false, to enable or disable moving focus from the control when the text entered reaches the maximum length.
Set the ExitOnLeftRightKey to Left, Right or Both, to enable moving the focus from the control when the respective key is pressed.
Set the TabStop to true or false, to enable or disable moving focus to the Input control, when the tab key is pressed.