RadMaskedNumericInput: Position of caret on focus

[Fabrice]

I have a question regarding a GridViewMaskedInputColumn with a MaskType = MaskType.Numeric with a short width, so I'll place this question under this forum.

 

When I focus on the cell the caret seems to be placed at the beginning of the content, and (a) happens (see attached file). I wanted to achieve something like (b).

 

I inherited GridViewMaskedInputColumn and if I do:

 

public class SomeGridViewMaskedInputColumn : GridViewMaskedInputColumn
    {
        public override FrameworkElement CreateCellEditElement(GridViewCell cell, object dataItem)
        {
            var elem = (RadMaskedNumericInput)base.CreateCellEditElement(cell, dataItem);
            elem.GotFocus += Elem_GotFocus;

            // I tried SetCaretToEndOfTextOnFocus(elem, true); but it doesnt work for some reason
            return elem;
        }

        private void Elem_GotFocus(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var control = ((RadMaskedNumericInput)sender);
            control.SelectionStart = control.Text.IndexOf(",");
        }
    }

 

(c) happens. In fact, (b) looks only achievable if i set SelectionStart to control.Text.Length and then press left 2 times (in this case, because i have 2 decimal places). Is there a better way of doing this?

 

 

[Dinko | Tech Support Engineer]

Hi Fabrice,

The approach that you have implemented in your application is suitable. Another one that you can try is to subscribe to the PreparedCellForEdit event of the RadGridView. Then you can set the start position of the caret when you focus the RadMaskedNumericInput control. You can check the code snippet below:

<telerik:RadGridView PreparedCellForEdit="Grid_PreparedCellForEdit" />

private void Grid_PreparedCellForEdit(object sender, GridViewPreparingCellForEditEventArgs e)
{
    RadMaskedNumericInput input = e.EditingElement as RadMaskedNumericInput;
    input.SelectionStart = input.Text.IndexOf(".");
}

Hope this information is helpful.

Regards,
Dinko
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