C# wait for user to finish typing in a Text Box

Question

Is there a way in C# to wait till the user finished typing in a textbox before taking in values they have typed without hitting enter?

Revised this question a little

Answer 1

If user is typing fast and you want to delay the calculation until he stopped typing then below code may help:

private void valueInput_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    CalculateAfterStopTyping();   
}

Thread delayedCalculationThread;

int delay = 0;
private void CalculateAfterStopTyping()
{
    delay += 200;
    if (delayedCalculationThread != null && delayedCalculationThread.IsAlive)
        return;

    delayedCalculationThread = new Thread(() =>
    {
        while (delay >= 200)
        {
            delay = delay - 200;
            try
            {
                Thread.Sleep(200);
            }
            catch (Exception) {}
        }
        Invoke(new Action(() =>
        {
            // do your calcualation here...
        }));
    });

    delayedCalculationThread.Start();
}