How to scroll down a textbox automatically?

[rami0]

Hello there,


I am working on a LAN chat and I am having a problem. It's about the textbox that shows the conversation, it doesn't scroll down automatically, you have to do that manually. So is there something could make it scrolls down automatically? Something like showing the end or the bottom of the textbox.

Is it clear for you folks?


Thanks in advance!

[jmcilhinney]

You can do this at any time:

myTextBox.SelectionStart = myTextBox.TextLength
myTextBox.ScrollToCaret()

That said, you probably don't need to do that. The issue is probably that you are adding text to the TextBox like this:

myTextBox.Text &= newText

By setting the Text property you will automatically scroll back to the top of the control. If you do this instead:

myTextBox.AppendText(newText)

then you will automatically scroll to the end of the control.

[rami0]

Newbie question.
What is (newText)?

[jmcilhinney]

Exactly what the name suggests it is: the new text.

[rami0]

Thank you very much! The first one worked perfectly.

[Infogleaner]

jmcilhinney, just a note to thank you for the appendtext command. It got me going again.

[jmcilhinney]

jmcilhinney, just a note to thank you for the appendtext command. It got me going again.

I'm happy to be the gift that keeps on giving.

[Poppa Mintin]

You can do this at any time:

myTextBox.SelectionStart = myTextBox.TextLength
myTextBox.ScrollToCaret()

That said, you probably don't need to do that. The issue is probably that you are adding text to the TextBox like this:

myTextBox.Text &= newText

By setting the Text property you will automatically scroll back to the top of the control. If you do this instead:

myTextBox.AppendText(newText)

then you will automatically scroll to the end of the control.

I don't understand why this doesn't work for me !

I have a current thread: "Why is my TextBox not scrolling to the end ? "

Poppa