DoubleEditBox: PropertyChanged doesn't work

Hello,

after 11 years this post was created. Is there a solution for the DoubleEditBox to work as TextBox, it means the binding to be raised when setting UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged ? The reason I use this control is the nice functionality of autocheck for Minimum and Maximum value. I wanted to try the "PartValueCommitTriggers" but where?

Thanks for the answer.

Hello,

The Editors API was updated in the 2017.1 version when edit boxes were refactored.  In the new API, the editBox.CommitTriggers property can be set to any PartEditBoxCommitTriggers value.  There are All or StringValueChange options in that enum.  The "Edit Box Basics" documentation topic mentions the CommitTriggers property and it affects behavior when values change.

I am using this from sample (\Actipro Software\WPF-Controls\v21.1.0\SampleBrowser\ProductSamples\EditorsSamples\QuickStart\DoubleEditBoxIntro\MainControl.xaml)

and added the CommitTriggers:

<editors:DoubleEditBox x:Name="editBox" HorizontalAlignment="Center" MinWidth="170" PlaceholderText="Number" CommitTriggers="All"
IsNullAllowed="True" Value="130.5" Minimum="-100000" Maximum="100000" />

When I type a big number (out of the range) and press Enter or Lost focus, then the value is returned to the correct previous. How can I reach this behavior when I type some text (not a number)? It works only when Lost focus but not for pressing Enter. Or even, to display the correct previous in the time I am typing some text?

Hello,

What's happening is if you type in 9999999999999999999999999 while the initial value is 130.5, then it will end up trying to coerce the value to within the Minimum/Maximum range.  Thus it will end up being 100000.  That happens whether it's Enter or LostFocus.

If you type in a completely invalid text value, LostFocus will restore the text version of the last value Value to the embedded TextBox.  Whereas pressing Enter while typing a completely invalid text value, will not change anything, indicating to the end user that the value was not accepted and slightly different typing might be needed to get a valid value, and without wiping out what had been typed so far.  That is by design.

You can press Esc while focus is in the control to restore the previously valid Value back to its text form.

Ok. I think I will handle this with some local validation.

But anyway, another thing I found, and it happens when using Category editors (e.g. \Actipro Software\WPF-Controls\v21.1.0\SampleBrowser\ProductSamples\GridsSamples\QuickStart\PropertyGridCategoryEditors):

I try to type a negative number in Size or whatever TextBox, DoubleEditBox,.. but it is not possible when using the minus from NumPad. When using TextBox, DoubleEditBox outside of the CategoryEditors works properly. How to handle this?

Hello,

For the other question, we have updated our code for the next maintenance release to prevent the category editor from eating the minus key down event.

In the future, kindly post unrelated questions in a new thread or ticket, as that helps us keep requests organized.  Thanks!