WPF MaskedTextBox (SfMaskedEdit) Overview

27 Sep 20211 minute to read

The WPF MaskedTextBox (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.