wpf: Selecting the Text in TextBox with IsReadOnly = true?

Question

I have this TextBox. This TextBox is located in DataTemplate:

<DataTemplate x:Key="myTemplate">
    <TextBox  Text="{Binding Path=FullValue, Mode=TwoWay}" IsEnabled="False"  />
       ...

and I want to allow User to select the whole text inside it (optionally by clicking on the Textbox). And I don't want to use any code behind.

How to do that? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Using the IsReadOnly property instead of IsEnabled allows the user to select text. Also, if it shouldn't be edited, a OneWay binding should be enough.

The idea of XAML isn't to completely replace code-behind. Most important is that you try to have only UI-specific code in the code-behind, not business logic. That being said, selecting all text is UI-specific and doesn't hurt in the code-behind. Use myTextBox.SelectAll() for that.

Answer 2

One note I just discovered (obviously this is an old question but this might help someone):

If IsHitTestVisible=False then selecting (and therefore Copy) is also disabled.