Thanks for that Jon If have this code but it causes an undandled exception-no messages no code
public class EditTextEx : EditText { public EditTextEx(Context context, Android.Util.IAttributeSet attrs) : base(context, attrs) { } public override bool OnCheckIsTextEditor() { return false; } } Have I misinterpreted what you said ? Supplementary question - why is it that setting edit to false or setting IMM to hide does not work? Best rgds John Murray -----Original Message----- From: monodroid-boun...@lists.ximian.com [mailto:monodroid-boun...@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Pryor Sent: 14 October 2011 02:58 To: j...@murray.gb.com; Discussions related to Mono for Android Subject: Re: [mono-android] an old basic question How to stop the softinput appearing on an Edit text On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:27 PM, John Murray wrote: > which - I think - is translated into c# monodroid as Close, but not quite: > public class EditTextEx : EditText { > public EditTextEx(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) public EditTextEx (Context context, IAttributeSet attrs) : base (context, attrs) { } > protected override bool onCheckIsTextEditor() { > return false; > } You need to use the correct casing and visibility: public override bool OnCheckIsTextEditor () { return false; } - Jon _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list Monodroid@lists.ximian.com UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list Monodroid@lists.ximian.com UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid