TextBox: set text, select all, clear, prepend, insert, append, cut, paste, undo
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="WPF" Height="300" Width="300"> <StackPanel> <TextBox AcceptsReturn="True" Height="100" IsReadOnly="True" Name="textBox1" TextAlignment="Left" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"> Default starting text. </TextBox> <WrapPanel Margin="10"> <Button Margin="5" Name="textButton" Width="75" Click="TextButton_Click">Set Text</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="selectAllButton" Width="75" Click="SelectAllButton_Click">Select All</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="clearButton" Width="75" Click="ClearButton_Click">Clear</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="prependButton" Width="75" Click="PrependButton_Click">Prepend</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="insertButton" Width="75" Click="InsertButton_Click">Insert</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="appendButton" Width="75" Click="AppendButton_Click">Append</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="cutButton" Width="75" Click="CutButton_Click">Cut</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="pasteButton" Width="75" Click="PasteButton_Click">Paste</Button> <Button Margin="5" Name="undoButton" Width="75" Click="UndoButton_Click">Undo</Button> </WrapPanel> </StackPanel> </Window> //File:Window.xaml.vb Imports System.Windows Imports System.Windows.Controls Namespace WpfApplication1 Public Partial Class Window1 Inherits Window Public Sub New() InitializeComponent() End Sub Private Sub AppendButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.AppendText("text") End Sub Private Sub ClearButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.Clear() End Sub Private Sub CutButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) If textBox1.SelectionLength = 0 Then MessageBox.Show("Select text to cut first.", Title) Else MessageBox.Show("Cut: " + textBox1.SelectedText, Title) textBox1.Cut() End If End Sub Private Sub InsertButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text.Insert(textBox1.CaretIndex, "text") End Sub Private Sub PasteButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.Paste() End Sub Private Sub PrependButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text.Insert(0, "Prepend") End Sub Private Sub SelectAllButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.SelectAll() textBox1.Focus() End Sub Private Sub TextButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.Text = "new value" End Sub Private Sub UndoButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) textBox1.Undo() End Sub End Class End Namespace