BUG: Text Is Aligned Too Far Left and Up in TextBox

 Last reviewed: February 4, 1998
Article ID: Q180437
The information in this article applies to:
  • Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

Text is aligned too close to the upper-left edge of a TextBox control if the TextBox Appearance property is set to '1 - 3D'. When the TextBox receives the focus, the cursor overwrites the upper-left TextBox border, leaving a white space when the TextBox loses focus.

RESOLUTION

To avoid losing a portion of the border after the TextBox has lost focus, put the following code in the LostFocus event of the TextBox to refresh the TextBox: 

   Text1.Refresh
Although this does not solve the minor problem of the text being too close to the edges, it does solve the cosmetic problem caused by the cursor erasing the border.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start a new Windows CE Project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

  2. Add two TextBoxes to Form1 and ensure that the Appearance property of each is set to "1 - 3D."

  3. Leave the default text in the TextBoxes.

  4. Press the F5 key to run the project.

  5. Tab between the two TextBoxes and note that when the cursor is in a TextBox, it covers part of the black border. After exiting the TextBox, that part of the border has been erased. 
Keywords          : vb5all vbce
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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Last reviewed: February 4, 1998
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