How to Move the Textbox Control in C#

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I would like an example of how to move the textbox control in C#.

Posted 11-Mar-11 7:35am

lavankatta

Updated 11-Mar-11 7:37am

AspDotNetDev

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Albin Abel 11-Mar-11 14:13pm

Is textbox doesn't offer a location property of type point?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Mar-11 20:44pm

How can I up-vote this? :-) Something like that would be my answer of choice, suggested for OP for formally accept.
--SA

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Solution 3

Hey,
according my understanding, if you want track Text box control from one place to another then you used should use Tracking object in C#[^]

this document ,example gives good repesention of drag and drop of any object.

Posted 11-Mar-11 17:09pm

santosh dhanawade

Solution 2

Have you ever looked at the Formdesigner?
Try this:

C#

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(2, 3);
}

EDIT:
If you want a animated moving textbox, try this:

Define a timer and try the following code:

C#

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    int tickX = 0;
    int tickY = 0;
    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(28, 38);
    }
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        textBox1.Location = new Point(0, 0);
        timer1.Enabled = true;
    }
    private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(tickX, tickY);
        tickX++;
        tickY++;
    }
}

Posted 11-Mar-11 10:35am

Haechtsuppe

Updated 11-Mar-11 10:56am

v2

Solution 8

private void Window_MouseMove_1(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
this.DragMove();
}

Above Code Move Form Any Direction in

Posted 7-Jul-14 1:21am

lalit badule

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[no name] 7-Jul-14 7:35am

Did you even bother reading the question before posting? And, do you think that it's possible that in the past 3 years, the OP has learned to read the documentation?

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Brijesh Kr · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11T18:09:00

Hey just use following code.
Take a textBox control at your Form, make a mouse move event for Form eg. (Form1_MouseMove)
Note you can move textBox in any direction just keep mouse at any one edge like left, right, top or down. If you keep mouse at left end of textBox just move mouse at right direction..

C#

private void Form1_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
if (e.X == textBox1.Location.X - 1 && (e.Y >= textBox1.Location.Y - 1 && e.Y <= textBox1.Location.Y + textBox1.Height + 1))
            {
                textBox1.SetBounds(textBox1.Location.X + 5, textBox1.Location.Y, 75, 23);
            }
            if (e.X == textBox1.Location.X + textBox1.Width + 1 && (e.Y >= textBox1.Location.Y - 1 && e.Y <= textBox1.Location.Y + textBox1.Height + 1))
            {
                textBox1.SetBounds(textBox1.Location.X - 5, textBox1.Location.Y, 75, 23);
            }
            if (e.Y == textBox1.Location.Y - 1 && (e.X >= textBox1.Location.X - 1 && e.X <= textBox1.Location.X + textBox1.Width + 1))
            {
                textBox1.SetBounds(textBox1.Location.X, textBox1.Location.Y + 5, 75, 23);
            }
            if (e.Y == textBox1.Location.Y + textBox1.Height + 1 && (e.X >= textBox1.Location.X - 1 && e.X <= textBox1.Location.X + textBox1.Width + 1))
            {
                textBox1.SetBounds(textBox1.Location.X, textBox1.Location.Y - 5, 75, 23);
            }
            if (textBox1.Location.X >= this.Width - textBox1.Width - 1)
            {
                textBox1.SetBounds(1, textBox1.Location.Y, 75, 23);
            }
            if (textBox1.Location.X <= 1)
            {
                textBox1.SetBounds(textBox1.Location.X + textBox1.Width + 1, textBox1.Location.Y, 75, 23);
            }
        }

AspDotNetDev · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-11T07:39:00

Solution 1

Assuming you are using Windows Forms, it would go something like this:

C#

textBox1.Left = 100;
textBox1.Top = 100;

Now, if you want to animate a textbox, that's a different story.

Posted 11-Mar-11 7:39am