WPF MaskedTextBox (SfMaskedEdit) Overview

4 Sep 2020 / 1 minute to read

The SfMaskedEdit is an advanced version of the input control that restricts your input of certain types such as characters, text, and numbers by using a mask pattern. This control is used to create a template for providing information such as telephone numbers, IP addresses, product IDs, and so on.

Key features

Mask types - Provides different set of mask types. The types are Simple, Regular and RegEx.

PromptChar - Provides support for setting the prompt characters manually.

Validation - Provides support to validate the input values can be done either during each key press or when the control lost its focus.

Value - Provides support to enter the Values and clipboard operations can be used with or without literal and prompt characters.

Watermark - Provides support to Watermark text can be used to display an instruction or important information.

Customization - Provides support to customize the UI of masked text box.