selectAll

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Determines if the value contained in a control initially appears selected (highlighted) when tabbing to the control.

Property of

Entryfield, SpinBox

Description

Set selectAll to true to give the user a shortcut for deleting or replacing the initial value in an entry field or a spin box. The entire value is highlighted when the user tabs to the control. The first character the user enters overwrites the value. Pressing Del or Backspace deletes the value. Pressing a direction key (such as Home or End) removes the highlight without erasing the value.

Clicking a control ignores selectAll; the cursor goes to the position clicked, and nothing is highlighted.