How can I do a Search in TextBox?

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How Can I search and highlight texts in TextBox???
I don't wanna use RichTextBox.

Posted 3-Sep-12 22:26pm

samanq

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Solution 1

Textboxes do not have highlight formatting, the best you can do is Select text.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hk09zy8f.aspx[^]

Posted 3-Sep-12 22:39pm

Mehdi Gholam

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Espen Harlinn 4-Sep-12 8:30am

5'ed!

Mehdi Gholam 4-Sep-12 8:31am

Cheers Espen!

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-03T22:53:00

Solution 2

You may use this snippet, which finds a text from textBox1 inside TextBox2 by clicking on a button:

C#

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   int idx = textBox2.Text.IndexOf(TextBox1.Text);
   if (idx >= 0)
   {
      textBox2.SelectionStart = idx;
      textBox2.SelectionLength = TextBox1.Text.Length;
      textBox2.Focus();
   }
}

Posted 3-Sep-12 22:53pm

JF2015

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samanq 4-Sep-12 5:42am

Thank you. It worked :)

Espen Harlinn 4-Sep-12 8:29am

5'ed!