XAML Unleashed

TextBox

The TextBox control, pictured in Figure 12.16, enables users to type one or more lines of text.

FIGURE 12.16 Two TextBoxes, one with focus and one without

For Windows Store and universal apps, TextBox has a Header property that can be set to any System.Object (although typically text), a PlaceholderText property that can be set to any watermark string (text that only appears when the TextBox has no real text content), and a Paste event that enables you to distinguish pasted text versus typed text. Figure 12.17 demonstrates Header and PlaceholderText with the following TextBlock:

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<TextBox Header="Name" ...