This sample demonstrates how to use text input controls in your app.
Specifically, this sample covers:
- Text selection using touch input.
- Retrieving the selection through the SelectedText property of the TextBox, TextBlock, and RichTextBlock controls.
- Enabling automatic spell checking through the IsSpellCheckEnabled property of the TextBox and RichEditBox controls, using a dictionary that matches the current keyboard layout.
- Using text prediction with the touch keyboard.
- Changing the touch keyboard by setting the InputScope property of the TextBox and RichEditBox controls. This enables you to show a keyboard most relevant to the kind of input the user is entering.
- Using the WinRT Text Object Model (TOM) to manipulate the behavior and appearance of the RichEditBox control.
- Using the PasswordBox control.
For more info on text display controls, see the XAML text display sample.
To obtain an evaluation copy of Windows 8.1, go to Windows 8.1.
To obtain an evaluation copy of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, go to Visual Studio 2013.
Note For Windows 8 app samples, download the Windows 8 app samples pack. The samples in the Windows 8 app samples pack will build and run only on Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
Related topics
- Roadmaps
- Roadmap for C# and Visual Basic
- Samples
- Windows 8 app samples
- XAML text display sample
- Reference
- PasswordBox
- RichEditBox
- RichEditBox.InputScope
- RichEditBox.IsSpellCheckEnabled
- RichTextBlock
- RichTextBlock.SelectedText
- TextBlock
- TextBox
- TextBox.InputScope
- TextBox.SelectedText
- TextBlock.SelectedText
- TextBox.IsSpellCheckEnabled
- Concepts
- Quickstart: Adding text input and editing controls
Operating system requirements
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Build the sample
- Start Visual Studio 2013 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Go to the directory in which you unzipped the sample. Go to the directory named for the sample, and double-click the Visual Studio 2013 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press F7 or use Build > Build Solution to build the sample.
Run the sample
To debug the app and then run it, press F5 or use Debug > Start Debugging. To run the app without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or use Debug > Start Without Debugging.