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Xamarin Community Toolkit UserStoppedTypingBehavior

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The UserStoppedTypingBehavior is a behavior that allows the user to trigger an action when a user has stopped data input an Entry. Examples of its usage include triggering a search when a user has stopped entering their search query.

Syntax

<Entry>
    <Entry.Behaviors>
        <xct:UserStoppedTypingBehavior 
            Command="{Binding SearchCommand}"
            StoppedTypingTimeThreshold="1000"
            MinimumLengthThreshold="3"
            ShouldDismissKeyboardAutomatically="True" />
    </Entry.Behaviors>
</Entry>

Properties

Property Type Description
Command ICommand The command to execute when the user has stopped providing input.
MinimumLengthThreshold int The minimum length of the input value required before the command will be executed.
ShouldDismissKeyboardAutomatically bool Indicates whether or not the keyboard should be dismissed automatically.
StoppedTypingTimeThreshold int The time of inactivity in milliseconds after which the command will be executed.

Sample

You can see this in action in the Xamarin Community Toolkit Sample App.

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