I have some very simple code in the text changed event of a textbox.

however this seems to keep the text highlighted within the textbox. I was under the impression setting selection start would resolve this. Any ideas anyone?

Use TextBox.AppendText instead. Not only will it let you add text from your ctor with the behaviour you want, it is also more efficient once the text inside the textbox grows bigger. Also, skip the 'tbStatus.Refresh', most Controls including the TextBox are refreshed automatically when their state changes.

/Calle

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- Still confused, but on a higher level -

Where is the caret when you call ScrollToCaret(). Sounds like it as at the start of the text, and ScrollToCaret()moves back through the entire string to select everything.

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I found it only highlights text that was added in the constructor. If I add later the scrolling works perfect. I think that is kind of odd.

Meaning if I do tbStatus.Text += "Application Ready\r\n"; in the constructor that stays highlighted until something else is added.

I resolved this by creating the following function.

private void AddText ( string msg )
      {
         tbStatus.Text += msg + "\r\n";
         tbStatus.SelectionStart = tbStatus.TextLength;
         tbStatus.ScrollToCaret ();
         tbStatus.Refresh ();
      }

This seems to handle things no matter when the text is added.

Use TextBox.AppendText instead. Not only will it let you add text from your ctor with the behaviour you want, it is also more efficient once the text inside the textbox grows bigger. Also, skip the 'tbStatus.Refresh', most Controls including the TextBox are refreshed automatically when their state changes.

/Calle

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- Still confused, but on a higher level -

Thanks I appreciate the feedback and took your advise.