Lose selection

[Graham]

I have a simple text editor, my problem is that if I select some text by dragging the mouse over it, and then go to select a different font from a drop down combo box the highlight vanishes from around the text, how can I keep the text highlighted when the form loses focus?

 

[JohnH]

Is this property interesting?:

HideSelection Gets or sets a value indicating whether the selected text in the text box control remains highlighted when the control loses focus. (Inherited from TextBoxBase.)

 

[Graham]

Thanks John,
That property was very interesting
At first I tried ;

Private Sub rtbText_GotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles rtbText.GotFocus
        rtbText.HideSelection = True
    End Sub
    Private Sub rtbText_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles rtbText.LostFocus
        rtbText.HideSelection = False
    End Sub

Which didn't work, so I placed this in the form load event

rtbText.HideSelection = False

and all works well.

 

[JohnH]

This property is available in Designer also, so you don't have to write code for it.