[Gambas-user] How to automatically select all text when first entering editable TableView cell?

[T Lee Davidson]

I have a project with a TableView that has the cells of certain columns defined as editable since the content can change.

The problem is when the user is editing a row and uses either ENTER or an arrow key to move to the next editable cell, any 
existing text in the cell gets in the way and needs to be manually deleted. It's a little annoying to have to continually use 
the delete key, or double-click to select all the text.

I'd like all the text to be selected when the cell is first entered via the keyboard, but I cannot figure out how to do that.

The TableView.Activate event is raised when a cell is entered, and so I have tried the following:

[code]
Public Sub TableView1_Activate()

   Dim hTextBox As TextBox

   TableView1.Edit()
   hTextBox = TableView1.Editor
   hTextBox.Select()

End
[/code]

(Note: TableView.Editor is a Control and hence does not have a Select method. But TableView.Edit uses a TextBox control by 
default to edit the cell.)

But, it doesn't work. No error is raised, but the text is not selected.

Any ideas?


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Lee
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