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How to make correct initialization of ComboBox?

I need show droppeddown combobox after start program.
I need in dropdown style only, not simple style.
This is simple fragment of my program:
private void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
CB1.Items.Add("1");
CB1.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDown;
CB1.DroppedDown = true;
}
But I found the watch sign as cursor till I click on Form in any place.
I guessed that my Form have not fully active state and wait for something.
When I click Form (or combobox or any control) by LBM, it activated fully and all works fine.
Of course the combobox is dropup then, so I need click combobox twice.
Еell me please what is correct initialization of such style combobox without "Cursor = Cursors.Default;"

You can simply wait until cursor is the default:
while (Cursor.Current != Cursors.Default)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
CB1.Items.Add("1");
CB1.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDown;
CB1.DroppedDown = true;
Application.DoEvents simply process messages from the window queue, so you can process message until you get that cursor is the default. In that moment, you can drop down your control without problem.
If you prefer, create a extension method for the Form:
public static class FormExtends
{
public static void WaitToDefaultCursor(this Form form)
{
while (Cursor.Current != Cursors.Default)
{
Application.DoEvents();
}
}
}
And use it:
this.WaitToDefaultCursor();
CB1.Items.Add("1");
CB1.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDown;
CB1.DroppedDown = true;
NOTE: I use Cursor.Default but not to change the cursor. The form is processing messages and it's difficult to select a good moment to drop down the control.

DevExpress select all when clicked on GridView cell (TextEdit)

I need to make it so when the user clicks on a cell with TextEdit in a grid view, it will select all in the textedit. I tried many many ways i could find in the internet, but none of them work well.
"EditorShowMode = MouseUp" way breaks everything, for example when you click on a cell that has checkedit; it selects the cell, then you need o click again to actually click on the CheckEdit.
"Use EditorShowMode = MouseUp and manually handle other things on MouseDown" is just ew. Won't work fine for all types of controls.
"Change selection length etc. on ShownEditor event" way doesn't work too, actually it selects the text when clicked, but it doesn't override the default function so the selection instantly changes. Also tried the SelectAll method but it had some problems that i dont remember (probably didnt work at all).
I have really tried many things, but couldn't find a totally fine way. Please tell me if you can get a working way without breaking other types of controls in the grid.

Answered by Pavel on DevExpress Support (works great):
The easiest way to achieve this is to use the GridView.ShownEditor event to subscribe to the active editor's MouseUp event. Then, select all text in the MouseUp event handler and detach this handler to avoid subsequent text selection.
private void GridView_ShownEditor(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridView view = sender as GridView;
if (view.ActiveEditor is TextEdit)
view.ActiveEditor.MouseUp += ActiveEditor_MouseUp;
}
private void ActiveEditor_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
BaseEdit edit = sender as BaseEdit;
edit.MouseUp -= ActiveEditor_MouseUp;
edit.SelectAll();
}

You could use GridView CustomRowCellEdit event and set an event of text editor such as Mouse Up. Setting the RepositoryItemTextEdit MouseUp event can be set as in the example.
Example:
private void gridView1_CustomRowCellEdit(object sender, CustomRowCellEditEventArgs e)
{
if (e.RepositoryItem is DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.RepositoryItemTextEdit)
{
DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.RepositoryItemTextEdit rep = new DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.RepositoryItemTextEdit();
rep.ReadOnly = false;
rep.MouseUp += rep_MouseUp;
e.RepositoryItem = rep;
}
}
void rep_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
DevExpress.XtraEditors.TextEdit te = sender as DevExpress.XtraEditors.TextEdit;
te.SelectAll();
}

You should handle Enter event for TextEdit
private void myRepositoryItemTextEdit_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var editor = (DevExpress.XtraEditors.TextEdit)sender;
BeginInvoke(new MethodInvoker(() =>
{
editor.SelectionStart = 0;
editor.SelectionLength = editor.Text.Length;
}
}

C# checkbox and mouse click event

I am self teaching myself C# and ran into a problem I haven't seem to find an answer too. I have a Form that when I mouse click the check box the state goes to true but also immediately triggers the mouse click event I have code follows:
private void uxCheckBoxMouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
//MouseEventArgs me = (MouseEventArgs) e;
if (uxMouseCopyCheckBox.Checked)
{
MessageBox.Show("Test");
uxMouseCopyCheckBox.Checked = false;
}
}
I have searched the stack overflow and Google and found similar items but not in C# but no luck on the fixed solution. What I want to do it use the first click to change the check box to true without triggering the mouse click event. I want to delay the event to the 2nd mouse click and not the first.
I have tried the following:
for loop
Clicks == 2 with if statement
subscribing but at a loss on what to use

Instead of the Click event you could subsribe to the CheckedChanged event :
The Handler will look look exactly like yours :
private void uxMouseCopyCheckBox_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!uxMouseCopyCheckBox.Checked)
{
MessageBox.Show("Test");
uxMouseCopyCheckBox.Checked = false;
}
}
The only difference is that we want the Message box to be shwon only on the second click so when you will uncheck the checkbox.
Be careful though, if you change the default state of the checkbox, it will no longer work.
If you want a really robust solution Grant's one is IMHO the best, mine was just here to show you how to adapt your code for it to work

Just use a boolean variable as a flag.
private bool wasAlreadyClickedOnce;
private void uxCheckBoxMouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (!wasAlreadyClickedOnce)
{
wasAlreadyClickedOnce = true;
return;
}
if (uxMouseCopyCheckBox.Checked)
{
MessageBox.Show("Test");
uxMouseCopyCheckBox.Checked = false;
}
}

Try using the Click event instead of CheckedChanged event to check or uncheck the CheckBox and then you can use the MouseClick event for other stuff.

Defocusing TextBox by clicking it again

I'm making a settings form, where user can assign custom hotkeys for the application. There's a TextBox, and by clicking it with mouse, it focuses and waits for one keypress and then defocuses (by focusing another label):
private void txtKey_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
e.SuppressKeyPress = true;
}
private void txtKey_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, PreviewKeyDownEventArgs e)
{
TextBox textBox = (TextBox)sender;
textBox.Text = e.KeyCode.ToString();
label1.Focus();
}
Is there a way to defocus focused TextBox (and cancel the key assinging process), by either clicking it again with mouse, or by clicking the GroupBox around it? I can't figure out how to check if TextBox was already focused when clicked (because when clicked, it gets focused before I can test if it's focused). Of course I can add a button "Cancel" next to the TextBox, but that's not what I want.
There is no Click-event for GroupBox, so I can't defocus TextBox by clicking GroupBox around it. Or can I somehow?

You can set/remove the Focus with
Keyboard.Focus = null;
You can also register to the following event:
public event MouseButtonEventHandler PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown
This event fires every time you click on the TextBox, thus you can set the Focus there if you want to.
For Winforms there is a way as well. I'm not proficient in it, but here would be a way:
Make a textBox (e.g. named textBoxFocus) that lies outside your window. Size it 1, 1 and move it to -10,-10 for example. Then you can register to the Click event and write
textBoxFocus.Focus();
It's a bit of a roundabout way, but should achieve what you want.

Thanks to private_meta for getting me to right direction (in comments)! I set the flag with click event, and before setting the flag, testing if flag is set. So first click does not find the flag, but second will. And flag is cleared within textbox Enter-event (which fires before Click-event). Now every other click focuses and every other defocuses textbox, as I wanted.
private void txtKey_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox textBox = (TextBox)sender;
textBox.Tag = null;
}
private void txtKey_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox textBox = (TextBox)sender;
if (textBox.Tag != null) label1.Focus();
textBox.Tag = "clicked";
}

One of the simple way is that, you may use a bool flag here.
Algorithm:
By default, the bool value is 0;
If(Textbox Selected && flag = 0)
Do your task; and flag = 1;
I hope I could satisfy your query and you can follow this algorithm.

c# checkbox problem

I want to minimize the amount of code i have to write for this small problem. I have 1 textbox that has a relationship with 2 checkboxes as yes and no. The textbox on form load is set to disabled. When the yes checkbox is changed this event occurs -
private void checkYes1_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
textBox14.Enabled = true;
checkNo1_cbx.Checked = false;
}
and when the no checkbox is changed -
private void checkNo1_cbx_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
textBox14.Enabled = false;
checkYes1_cbx.Checked = false;
}
Although another problem is that i have to press yes twice to get it to check.
This is for a question on a form and so far it goes up to 11 questions and more will be added in the future. So my 2 problems so far is -
How can I fix the problem when the checkbox is changed I have to press it again to check it.
Is it possible to improve this code to minimize the amount of code i will have to write in the future.

private void checkYes1_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OnCheck(true);
}
private void checkNo1_cbx_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OnCheck(false);
}
private void OnCheck(bool yes)
{
textBox14.Enabled = yes;
checkNo1_cbx.CheckedChanged -= checkNo1_cbx_CheckedChanged;
checkNo2_cbx.CheckedChanged -= checkYes1_CheckedChanged;
checkNo1_cbx.Checked = !yes;
checkNo2_cbx.Checked = yes;
checkNo1_cbx.CheckedChanged += checkNo1_cbx_CheckedChanged;
checkNo2_cbx.CheckedChanged += checkYes1_CheckedChanged;
}
However consider using RadioBox instead of CheckBox because you want to if one being checked uncheck the other..
Edit: In your previous design, you get it wrong changed I have to press it again to check it because of you have two event handlers assigned to each of the check boxes. now at your code when the first one checked, you are disable the text box and make the other unchecked, but when you call the other unchecked Checked = false you are calling the second check box event handler also so it will enable the text and make the first one disable... you should remove the event handler by -= when updating at your code if you don't want the handler handler to be triggered again.. And that what I am doing in the code sample provided.

Why are you using 2 checkoboxes ? One checkbox (check1) would be enough:
private void check1_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
textBox14.Enabled = check1.Checked;
}
EDIT:
Assuming that each question mean 1 textbox, then you need 1 checkbox per textbox... this could be further improved by using a more complex approach

unless there is a reason that you are making a round trip back and forth to the server to disabled a textbox on a checkbox selection change, why don't you just do that all on the client side via javascript?

I agree with Yahia. If you do need to explicitly provide the two options though, then you should consider using RadioButtons.