Foreach Control in form, how can I do something to all the TextBoxes in my Form?

Question

How can I use a Foreach Statement to do something to my TextBoxes?

foreach (Control X in this.Controls)
{
    Check if the controls is a TextBox, if it is de         


        

Answer 1

foreach (Control x in this.Controls)
{
  if (x is TextBox)
  {
    ((TextBox)x).Text = String.Empty;
//instead of above line we can use 
     ***  x.resetText();
  }
}

Answer 2

Also you can use LINQ. For example for clear Textbox text do something like:

this.Controls.OfType<TextBox>().ToList().ForEach(t => t.Text = string.Empty);

Answer 3

You're looking for

foreach (Control x in this.Controls)
{
  if (x is TextBox)
  {
    ((TextBox)x).Text = String.Empty;
  }
}

Answer 4

A lot of the above work. Just to add. If your textboxes are not directly on the form but are on other container objects like a GroupBox, you will have to get the GroupBox object and then iterate through the GroupBox to access the textboxes contained therein.

foreach(Control t in this.Controls.OfType<GroupBox>())
{
   foreach (Control tt in t.Controls.OfType<TextBox>())
   {
        // do stuff
   }
}

Answer 5

private IEnumerable<TextBox> GetTextBoxes(Control control)
{
    if (control is TextBox textBox)
    {
        yield return textBox;
    }

    if (control.HasChildren)
    {
        foreach (Control ctr in control.Controls)
        {
            foreach (var textbox in GetTextBoxes(ctr))
            {
                yield return textbox;
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

The trick here is that Controls is not a List<> or IEnumerable but a ControlCollection.

I recommend using an extension of Control that will return something more..queriyable ;)

public static IEnumerable<Control> All(this ControlCollection controls)
    {
        foreach (Control control in controls)
        {
            foreach (Control grandChild in control.Controls.All())
                yield return grandChild;

            yield return control;
        }
    }

Then you can do :

foreach(var textbox in this.Controls.All().OfType<TextBox>)
{
    // Apply logic to the textbox here
}