.NET MAUI Entry Overview
The Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Entry is a text input control that accepts string input and provides various customization options such as adding watermarks, setting its read-only state, defining border styles, and more.
Key Features of the .NET MAUI Entry
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Placeholder—The Entry 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.
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Password functionality—You can hide the characters that users type for privacy and security reasons.
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Keyboard support—You can add a virtual keyboard and specify its type, for example, Numeric.
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Non-editable (Read-only) state—You can define whether users can edit the Entry or not by setting a single property.
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Maximum number of symbols—The Entry enables you to set a maximum length for its input.
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Text selection—You can specify the starting position of the selected text as well as the number of characters of the selected Entry input.
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Text prediction—Define whether to have a predictive text while typing in the Entry.
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Validation—If the user is entering a value not matching the requirements, the Entry will display an error message, which you can customize.
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Clear button—Gives you the option to clear all the text entered in the Entry using a single button.
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Commands support—Use the
ReturnCommand
to implement additional logic when pressing the keyboard return key. -
Various styling options—For applying corner radius, clear button color, placeholder color and more.