DateTimePicker selection

[Vladimir]

Currently if you select the control by clicking on it - it makes active editable part of the date exactly where you clicked (for ex. yyyy part of the mm/dd/yyyy date). Users want to have selection  to be always in the start of the date not tied to place where they clicked . How could be selection be moved to the first part of the date (mm part in our case)?

[Dess | Tech Support Engineer, Principal]

Hello Vladimir, 

Thank you for writing.  

Here is a sample code snippet demonstrated how to select the first editable part in RadDateTimePicker:

public RadForm1()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    this.radDateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
    this.radDateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy";
}

private void RadForm1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MaskDateTimeProvider provider = this.radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.TextBoxElement.Provider as MaskDateTimeProvider;
    provider.SelectFirstEditableItem();
}

I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions I would be glad to help.

Regards,
Dess
Telerik by Progress

[Vladimir]

Thank you. Added this to radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.TextBoxElement.MouseDown event.