win32 select all on edit ctrl (textbox)

Question

I am creating my textbox with these options. I can copy/cut/paste/undo, but when i hit select A it doesnt select all. I can right click and click select all but ctrl a doesn

Answer 1

You could simply use EM_SETSEL message to the textbox,

According to MSDN ,

If the start is 0 and the end is –1, all the text in the edit control is selected. If the start is –1, any current selection is deselected.

so,

SendMessage(hwndEdit,EM_SETSEL,0,-1);

Will work fine.