---
title: "How to: Position the Cursor at the Beginning or End of Text in a TextBox Control"
description: Learn how to position the cursor at the beginning or end of the text contents of a Windows Presentation Foundation TextBox control.
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "positioning cursor [WPF]"
  - "TextBox control [WPF], positioning cursor"
  - "cursor [WPF], positioning"
ms.assetid: c771a0b8-c6b4-4240-aecd-a21d0ba51a2e
---
# How to: Position the Cursor at the Beginning or End of Text in a TextBox Control
This example shows how to position the cursor at the beginning or end of the text contents of a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox> control.  
  
## Example  
 The following [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tlasharptla-xaml-md.md)] code describes a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox> control and assigns it a Name.  
  
 [!code-xaml[TextBox_MiscCode#_MoveCursorXAML](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBox_MiscCode/CSharp/Window1.xaml#_movecursorxaml)]  
  
## Example  
 To position the cursor at the beginning of the contents of a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox> control, call the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox.Select%2A> method and specify the selection start position of 0, and a selection length of 0.  
  
 [!code-csharp[TextBox_MiscCode#_CursorToStart](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBox_MiscCode/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_cursortostart)]
 [!code-vb[TextBox_MiscCode#_CursorToStart](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBox_MiscCode/VisualBasic/Window1.xaml.vb#_cursortostart)]  
  
## Example  
 To position the cursor at the end of the contents of a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox> control, call the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox.Select%2A> method and specify the selection start position equal to the  length of the text content, and a selection length of 0.  
  
 [!code-csharp[TextBox_MiscCode#_CursorToEnd](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBox_MiscCode/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_cursortoend)]
 [!code-vb[TextBox_MiscCode#_CursorToEnd](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBox_MiscCode/VisualBasic/Window1.xaml.vb#_cursortoend)]  
  
## See also

- [TextBox Overview](textbox-overview.md)
- [RichTextBox Overview](richtextbox-overview.md)