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How to: Set the Text Content of a TextBox Control	Learn how to use the Text property to set the initial text contents of a Windows Presentation Foundation TextBox control.	03/30/2017	csharp vb	text content [WPF], setting TextBox control [WPF], setting text content	bcd25fc7-a52f-4453-b802-2c8d2b335ab8

How to: Set the Text Content of a TextBox Control

This example shows how to use the xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox.Text%2A property to set the initial text contents of a xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox control.

Note

Although the [!INCLUDETLA#tla_xaml] version of the example could use the <TextBox.Text> tags around the text of each button's xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox content, it is not necessary because the xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox applies the xref:System.Windows.Markup.ContentPropertyAttribute attribute to the xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox.Text%2A property. For more information, see XAML in WPF.

Example

[!code-xamlTextBox_MiscCode#_TextBoxSetTextXAML]

Example

[!code-csharpTextBox_MiscCode#_TextBoxSetText] [!code-vbTextBox_MiscCode#_TextBoxSetText]

See also

• TextBox Overview
• RichTextBox Overview