Re: Important change in MaskBox control

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 14/04/2026 à 12:11, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> Dear Benoit
>
> Am 12.04.26 um 23:37 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> > The MaskBox control was not reliable, so I rewrote its management code 
> > in the master branch.
> >
> > Tell me if it is better now than before.
>
> I tested the new MaskBox (commit e339265)  and found, that it doesn't 
> work as I would expect.
>
> This is my use case:
>
>    With MaskBox1
>      .Mask = "#0:00"
>      .placeholder = "00:00"
>      .Alignment = Align.Center
>      .ShowDefault = True
>    End With
>
> Enter a time (mm:ss) and use the backstep key to move back to the mm 
> section - it should ignore the ":" separator and jump directly into the 
> mm section.
>
> I attached a snippet with the MaskBox modified by me for comparison. It 
> is still not perfect because it doesn't handle the left arrow key yet as 
> I would expect.
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus

I tested with the very last master, and everything seems to works as 
expected.

If I hit 'Backspace' when the cursor is just right after the ':', the 
cursor moves just left the ':'.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.