Name 

Description 

 

Alignment 

Determines how the text is aligned within the text edit control. 

 

Anchors 

Specifies how the control is anchored to its parent. 

 

AutoSelect 

Determines whether all the text in the edit control is automatically selected when the control gets focus. 

 

AutoSize 

Determines whether the height of the edit control automatically resizes to accommodate the text. 

 

BevelEdges 

Specifies which edges of the control are beveled. 

 

BevelInner 

Specifies the cut of the inner bevel. 

 

BevelKind 

Specifies the control's bevel style. 

 

BevelOuter 

Specifies the cut of the outer bevel. 

 

BiDiMode 

Specifies the bi-directional mode for the control. 

 

BorderStyle 

Determines whether the edit control has a single line border around the client area. 

 

CharCase 

Determines the case of the text within the edit control. 

 

Color 

Specifies the background color of the control. 

 

Constraints 

Specifies the size constraints for the control. 

 

Ctl3D 

Determines whether a control has a three-dimensional (3-D) or two-dimensional look. 

 

DoubleBuffered 

Determines whether the control's image is rendered directly to the window or painted to an in-memory bitmap first. 

 

DragCursor 

Indicates the image used to represent the mouse pointer when the control is being dragged. 

 

DragKind 

Specifies whether the control is being dragged normally or for docking. 

 

DragMode 

Determines how the control initiates drag-and-drop or drag-and-dock operations. 

 

EditLabel 

Specifies the control that implements the label. 

 

Enabled 

Controls whether the control responds to mouse, keyboard, and timer events. 

 

Font 

Controls the attributes of text written on or in the control. 

 

HideSelection 

Determines whether the visual indication of the selected text remains when focus shifts to another control. 

 

ImeMode 

Determines the behavior of the input method editor (IME). 

 

ImeName 

Specifies the input method editor (IME) to use for converting keyboard input to Asian language characters. 

 

LabelPosition 

Specifies the position of the label relative to the edit control. 

 

LabelSpacing 

Specifies the distance, in pixels, between the label and the edit region. 

 

MaxLength 

Specifies the maximum number of characters the user can enter into the edit control. 

 

NumbersOnly 

Allows only numbers to be typed into the text edit. 

 

OEMConvert 

Determines whether characters typed in the edit control are converted from ANSI to OEM and then back to ANSI. 

 

ParentBiDiMode 

Specifies whether the control uses its parent's BiDiMode. 

 

ParentColor 

Determines where a control looks for its color information. 

 

ParentCtl3D 

Determines where a component looks to determine if it should appear three dimensional. 

 

ParentDoubleBuffered 

ParentDoubleBuffered defers the DoubleBuffered property of this component to the value of the parent's DoubleBuffered property. 

 

ParentFont 

Determines where a control looks for its font information. 

 

ParentShowHint 

Determines where a control looks to find out if its Help Hint should be shown. 

 

PasswordChar 

Indicates the character, if any, to display in place of the actual characters typed in the control. 

 

PopupMenu 

Identifies the pop-up menu associated with the control. 

 

ReadOnly 

Determines whether the user can change the text of the edit control. 

 

ShowHint 

Determines whether the control displays a Help Hint when the mouse pointer rests momentarily on the control. 

 

TabOrder 

Indicates the position of the control in its parent's tab order. 

 

TabStop 

Determines if the user can tab to a control. 

 

Text 

Contains a text string associated with the control. 

 

TextHint 

A hint or message to be displayed when the Text property is empty. 

 

Visible 

Determines whether the component appears onscreen.