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TextBox::Size Property

Gets or sets the expected length of the specified text box, in characters. The default value for the size of a text box is 0, which means that the browser will use its default text box length.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.MobileControls
Assembly:  System.Web.Mobile (in System.Web.Mobile.dll)

[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
property int Size {
	int get ();
	void set (int value);
}
<asp:TextBox Size="Int32" />

Property Value

Type: System::Int32
The expected length of the specified text box, in characters.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value is less than zero.

This information is not used to perform validation checks against the actual input value. To perform a validation check against an input value, use the validator controls or the MaxLength property.

This information does determine the rendering behavior. For example, the value of this property helps determine how large to make an input text box in HTML.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1
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