TextBox.TextCompositionStarted Event

Definition

Occurs when a user starts composing text through an Input Method Editor (IME).

C#
public event TypedEventHandler<TextBox,TextCompositionStartedEventArgs> TextCompositionStarted;
XAML
<TextBox TextCompositionStarted="eventhandler"/>

Event Type

Remarks

For event data, see TextCompositionStartedEventArgs.

This event occurs only when text is composed through an Input Method Editor (IME). Text composition events occur in the following order:

After the TextCompositionStarted event, the TextChanging > TextChanged > TextCompositionChanged event cycle can occur multiple times before the TextCompositionEnded event occurs.

Applies to

Product Versions
Windows App SDK 0.8, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6

See also