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Posted: **21 Oct 2018, 20:41**

Why select all text (Ctrl+a) does not work in multi-line Edit control if msgbox is open?

gui, add, edit, w300 h200, Test `r`nkeep the msgbox open, and press "ctrl+a" in the gui edit control to select all text

gui, show

msgbox, Wait

return


guiclose:	;__________ gui close ________
exitapp

Posted: **22 Oct 2018, 01:41**

Hallo,
I don't know why not, but that's how it seems to work:

Code: Select all

gui, add, edit, w300 h200, Test `r`nkeep the msgbox open, and press "ctrl+a" in the gui edit control to select all text
gui, show
msgbox, Wait
return
guiclose:	;__________ gui close ________
exitapp
#IfWinActive, ahk_class AutoHotkeyGUI
^a::ControlSend,, ^a

Posted: **22 Oct 2018, 06:19**

Rohwedder wrote: ↑
22 Oct 2018, 01:41
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Thanks for the work around!

That is really strange, maybe it is a bug!

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Select all text (Ctrl+a) not working in multi-line Edit control if msgbox is open!

Select all text (Ctrl+a) not working in multi-line Edit control if msgbox is open!

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