I would like to have some text in an EditText selected so that as soon as the user starts typing the text that is there as a default gets deleted and replaced with whatever the user types. The way I am using EditText, if there is a default text, you need to go to the end of it and delete it letter by letter before typing your text. Is there a way to do what I want??

ramgraph1 wrote:I would like to have some text in an EditText selected so that as soon as the user starts typing the text that is there as a default gets deleted and replaced with whatever the user types. The way I am using EditText, if there is a default text, you need to go to the end of it and delete it letter by letter before typing your text. Is there a way to do what I want??

try this in main.xml

Didn't test, but this should do the job.

Thanks for your responses. The java code from Ishtar was just what I needed.

Since upgrading to the new SDK (it is hard to say it feels like an upgrade at this point), this code I got help with and had been using to good effect seems to have stopped working though setSelection doesn't appear on the API Diff page. Does anyone know anything about this?

Hello ramgraph1,

the code has to be right := this is obviously not our fault.

ramgraph1 wrote:

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1. myEditText.setSelection(0,myEditText.getText().length());

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ramgraph1 wrote:... (it is hard to say it feels like an upgrade at this point)...

I'm also a """bit""" frustrated. But we have to deal with that, jumping in at a Pre-Alpha SDK

Regards,
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