Class SfMaskedTextBox

The SfMaskedTextBox control is an enhanced version of a text box that additionally restricts input to conform to a specific structure or mask.

Inheritance

System.Object

SfMaskedTextBox

Namespace: Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Editors

Assembly: Syncfusion.Editors.WinUI.dll

Syntax

public class SfMaskedTextBox : Control

Examples

This example illustrates how to set email mask value using regex mask.

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox Header="Email Input" MaskType="RegEx" Mask="[A-Za-z0-9-.%]+@[A-Za-z0-9]+.[A-Za-z]{3}"/>

SfMaskedTextBox maskedTextBox = new SfMaskedTextBox();
maskedTextBox.MaskType = MaskedTextBoxMaskType.RegEx;
maskedTextBox.Mask = "[A-Za-z0-9-.%]+@[A-Za-z0-9]+.[A-Za-z]{3}";
maskedTextBox.Header = "Email Input";

Constructors

SfMaskedTextBox()

Initializes the new instance of the class.

Declaration

public SfMaskedTextBox()

Fields

CultureProperty

Identifies the Culture dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty CultureProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the Culture dependency property.

DescriptionProperty

Identifies the Description dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty DescriptionProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the Description dependency property.

HeaderProperty

Identifies the Header dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty HeaderProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the Header dependency property.

HeaderTemplateProperty

Identifies the HeaderTemplate dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty HeaderTemplateProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the HeaderTemplate dependency property.

MaskProperty

Identifies the Mask dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty MaskProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the Mask dependency property.

MaskTypeProperty

Identifies the MaskType dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty MaskTypeProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the MaskType dependency property.

PromptCharProperty

Identifies the PromptChar dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty PromptCharProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the PromptChar dependency property.

TextProperty

Identifies the Text dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty TextProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the Text dependency property.

ValueMaskFormatProperty

Identifies the ValueMaskFormat dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueMaskFormatProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the ValueMaskFormat dependency property.

ValueProperty

Identifies the Value dependency property.

Declaration

public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty

Field Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DependencyProperty	The identifier for the Value dependency property.

Properties

Culture

Gets or sets the culture for mask values based on the given Culture.

Declaration

public CultureInfo Culture { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	It takes the culture value. The default value is System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.

Description

Gets or sets the content for control's description.

Declaration

public object Description { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	It takes the object value. The default value is null.

Examples

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox Description="SfMaskedTextBox"/>

Header

Gets or sets the content for control's header.

Declaration

public object Header { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	It takes the object value. The default value is null.

Examples

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox Header="SfMaskedTextBox"/>

HeaderTemplate

Gets or sets the data template used to display the content of the control's header.

Declaration

public DataTemplate HeaderTemplate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DataTemplate	It takes data template value. The default value is null.

Examples

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox Header="SfMaskedTextBox">
   <syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox.HeaderTemplate>
       <DataTemplate>
           <TextBlock Text = "{Binding}" FontWeight="Bold" />
       </DataTemplate>
 </syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox.HeaderTemplate>
</syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox>

Mask

Gets or sets the mask value which restricts the inputs provided in the control.

Declaration

public string Mask { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	It takes the string value. The default value is null.

MaskType

Gets or sets the mask type for the SfMaskedTextBox control.

Declaration

public MaskedTextBoxMaskType MaskType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
MaskedTextBoxMaskType	It takes the mask type value. The default value is Simple.

Examples

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox MaskType="RegEx" Header="Email Input" Mask="[A-Za-z0-9-.%]+@[A-Za-z0-9]+.[A-Za-z]{3}"/>

PromptChar

Gets or sets a char which used as a prompt char of SfMaskedTextBox.

Declaration

public char PromptChar { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Char	It takes the char value. The default value is "_".

Text

Gets or sets the displayed text of the SfMaskedTextBox control.

Declaration

public string Text { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	It takes the string value. The default value is empty.

Value

Gets or sets the input value for SfMaskedTextBox control.

Declaration

public object Value { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Object	It takes the value of masked edit. The default value is null.

Examples

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox MaskType="Simple" Mask="00/00/0000" Value="12"/>

ValueMaskFormat

Gets or sets the format for the value.

Declaration

public MaskedTextBoxMaskFormat ValueMaskFormat { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
MaskedTextBoxMaskFormat	It takes the mask format for the value. The default value is IncludePromptAndLiterals.

Examples

<syncfusion:SfMaskedTextBox Name="maskedTexBox" Mask="00/00/0000" Value="12" ValueMaskFormat="ExcludePromptAndLiterals"/>

Methods

OnApplyTemplate()

Initializes the child elements.

Declaration

protected override void OnApplyTemplate()

OnPointerEntered(PointerRoutedEventArgs)

Handles the pointer entered event.

Declaration

protected override void OnPointerEntered(PointerRoutedEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input.PointerRoutedEventArgs	e

OnPointerExited(PointerRoutedEventArgs)

Handles the pointer exited event.

Declaration

protected override void OnPointerExited(PointerRoutedEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input.PointerRoutedEventArgs	e

OnPreviewKeyDown(KeyRoutedEventArgs)

Handles the preview key down event.

Declaration

protected override void OnPreviewKeyDown(KeyRoutedEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Input.KeyRoutedEventArgs	e

Events

ValueChanged

Invoke the event when the Value property is changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler<MaskedTextBoxValueChangedEventArgs> ValueChanged

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler<MaskedTextBoxValueChangedEventArgs>