.NET MAUI Editor Overview

Updated on Feb 10, 2026

The Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Editor is an input control that allows users to enter and edit multi-line text.

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It is designed to handle large amounts of text input efficiently and provides a variety of features and customization options such as adding watermarks, setting its read-only state, defining border styles, and more.

.NET MAUI Editor Overview

Key Features of the .NET MAUI Editor

  • Placeholder—The Editor allows you to add a hint text as a placeholder to guide the users what is the expected input. In addition you can style the Placeholder.

  • Keyboard support—You can add a virtual keyboard and specify its type, for example, Numeric.

  • Non-editable (Read-only) state—You can define whether users can edit the Editor or not by setting a single property.

  • Maximum number of lines—The Editor enables you to set a maximum number of lines for its input.

  • Maximum number of symbols—The Editor enables you to set a maximum length for its input.

  • Text selection—You can specify the starting position of the selected text as well as the number of characters of the selected Editor input.

  • Text prediction—Define whether to have a predictive text while typing in the Editor.

  • Validation—If the user is entering a value not matching the requirements, the Editor will display an error message, which you can customize.

  • Clear button—Gives you the option to clear all the text entered in the Editor using a single button.

  • Various styling options—For applying corner radius, clear button color, placeholder color and more.

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