#933 – Cut/Copy/Paste Functionality in a TextBox

Cut, Copy and Paste functionality is automatically enabled for the text within a TextBox control.

You can select text in a TextBox by

• Left-clicking and dragging with the mouse
• Double-clicking to select a word
• Moving the arrow keys while holding down the Shift key
• Pressing Ctrl+A to select all text in the TextBox

With text selected, you can Cut or Copy selected text by

• Right-clicking and selecting Cut or Copy from the context menu
• Pressing Ctrl+X to Cut text (remove from TextBox and add to clipboard)
• Pressing Ctrl+C to Copy text (add to clipboard without removing)

You can Paste text from the clipboard into the TextBox at the current cursor location by

• Right-clicking and selecting Paste from the context menu
• Pressing Ctrl+V to Paste text

If you currently have text selected, doing a Paste operation will replace the selected text with text from the clipboard.