asked on 7/21/2008

.ScrollToCaret() on a Textbox

I have a VB 2005 Windows Form that has a Textbox. I add lines to that textbox as I load the Form. When the Form loads my cursor is at the bottom of the textbox, where it added the last line, which makes sense, but I'd like it to return to the top line so that it can show the list from top to bottom.

I tried tbxMyTexbox.ScrollToCaret(), but I think I'm missing something. Any suggestions what the "Caret" should be?

Thanks,
Fulano

Visual Basic.NET

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Mr_Fulano

7/22/2008

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Jorge Paulino

7/22/2008

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Jaime Olivares

7/22/2008

You should use
textbox1.Select(0,0)

Mr_Fulano

7/22/2008

ASKER

Actually, I tried both approaches and neither worked...

This is what I have...I have two textboxes to which I add one line of text each time I loop through a series of strings. As I add the lines of text the vertical scroll bar begins to scroll and the items that were added initially begin to disappear to the top of the box. What I need to do is return the cursor to the top of the textbox, which I'm assuming will force the textbox to scroll to the top to position (0,0).

Do I have to set any of the textbox's properties to something special?

Thanks,
Fulano

Mr_Fulano

7/22/2008

ASKER

Time out... I now see what I did wrong!

I needed to add .ScrollToCaret() to the code as well. Once I did that, both options worked.

Jaime, why is the .Select(0,0) a better option than the .SelectionStart = 0?

Thanks,
Fulano

Mr_Fulano

7/22/2008

ASKER

OK, the jury is in...

I tested both solutions with my code. One worked every time, one failed on a couple of occasions.

This worked each time without fail:
tbxMyTextBox.SelectionStart = 0
tbxMyTextBox.ScrollToCaret()

This worked, but failed a on a few occasions:
tbxMyTextBox.Select(0,0)
tbxMyTextBox.ScrollToCaret()

Thanks to both of you for your suggestions.

Fulano

Jorge Paulino

7/22/2008

Sorry Mr_Fulano I had to leave :(

Glad I could help!

Mr_Fulano

7/22/2008

ASKER

You did great JPaulino. As always, thanks for your help!

Fulano