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I'm looking to accept digits and the decimal point, but no sign.

I've looked at samples using the NumericUpDown control for Windows Forms, and this sample of a NumericUpDown custom control from Microsoft. But so far it seems like NumericUpDown (supported by WPF or not) is not going to provide the functionality that I want. The way my application is designed, nobody in their right mind is going to want to mess with the arrows. They don't make any practical sense, in the context of my application.

So I'm looking for a simple way to make a standard WPF TextBox accept only the characters that I want. Is this possible? Is it practical?

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When checking a number value you can use the VisualBasic.IsNumeric function.

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In the WPF application, you can handle this by handling TextChanged event:

void arsDigitTextBox_TextChanged(object sender, System.Windows.Controls.TextChangedEventArgs e)
{
    Regex regex = new Regex("[^0-9]+");
    bool handle = regex.IsMatch(this.Text);
    if (handle)
    {
        StringBuilder dd = new StringBuilder();
        int i = -1;
        int cursor = -1;
        foreach (char item in this.Text)
        {
            i++;
            if (char.IsDigit(item))
                dd.Append(item);
            else if(cursor == -1)
                cursor = i;
        }
        this.Text = dd.ToString();

        if (i == -1)
            this.SelectionStart = this.Text.Length;
        else
            this.SelectionStart = cursor;
    }
}

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The following code creates a control which you will be able to use like a normal TextBox however it will only take a positive double as an input:

In the XAML you'll be able to use this control like so:

<local:UnsignedDoubleBox/>

In the C# code add the following inside the current namespace:

public class UnsignedDoubleBox : TextBox
    {
        public UnsignedDoubleBox()
        {
            this.PreviewTextInput += defaultPreviewTextInput;
            DataObject.AddPastingHandler(this, defaultTextBoxPasting);
        }

        private bool IsTextAllowed(TextBox textBox, String text)
        {
            //source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23397195/in-wpf-does-previewtextinput-always-give-a-single-character-only#comment89374810_23406386
            String newText = textBox.Text.Insert(textBox.CaretIndex, text);
            double res;
            return double.TryParse(newText, out res) && res >= 0;
        }
        //source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1268648/13093413
        private void defaultTextBoxPasting(object sender, DataObjectPastingEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.DataObject.GetDataPresent(typeof(String)))
            {
                String text = (String)e.DataObject.GetData(typeof(String));

                if (!IsTextAllowed((TextBox)sender, text))
                {
                    e.CancelCommand();
                }
            }
            else
            {
                e.CancelCommand();
            }
        }

        private void defaultPreviewTextInput(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
        {

            if (IsTextAllowed((TextBox)sender, e.Text))
            {
                e.Handled = false;
            }
            else
            {
                e.Handled = true;
            }
        }

    }

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I have tried a lot of solutions, but none of them resolved all the issues. I wanted to be able to directly bind a Nullable Integer/Decimal and to the have the input immediately applied to the binded property.

I have implemented two custom TextBox controls for Integers and Decimals. The usage is as simply as possible:

<controls:DecimalBox Value="{Binding Path=Percentage}" Maximum="98.5"/>

NumberBox

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