# GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcTextBoxCellType.AlternateText

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_GcTextBoxCellType_AlternateText_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcTextBoxCellType.AlternateText*">AlternateText Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the alternate text of the <span class="xref">GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcTextBox</span> control.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public TextBoxAlternateTextInfo AlternateText { get; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public ReadOnly Property AlternateText As TextBoxAlternateTextInfo</code></pre>
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<h5 class="propertyValue">Property Value</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.TextBoxAlternateTextInfo.html">TextBoxAlternateTextInfo</a></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.TextBoxAlternateText.html">TextBoxAlternateText</a> value that indicates the alternate text.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_GcTextBoxCellType_AlternateText_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>If the current value is <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string.empty">Empty</a> and this control has input focus, this <span class="xref">GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcTextBox.Text</span> property equals the
<a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.TextBoxAlternateText.Null.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_TextBoxAlternateText_Null">Null</a> setting, which is not null. The <span class="xref">GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcTextBox.Text</span> property
equals the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.TextBoxAlternateText.DisplayNull.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_TextBoxAlternateText_DisplayNull">DisplayNull</a> setting if the current value is <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/null">null</a>
and this control does not contain the input focus.</p>
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