From f1fbff28875d7bc58fa493f5d83d9a1de38e002e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Smart <julian@anthemion.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 22:15:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Eliminate flashing when writing text, by clearing instead of
 selecting all.

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@15967 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
---
 src/msw/textctrl.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
index f40f6c861b..3824a797f4 100644
--- a/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/textctrl.cpp
@@ -678,7 +678,10 @@ void wxTextCtrl::DoWriteText(const wxString& value, bool selectionOnly)
     {
         if ( !selectionOnly )
         {
-            SetSelection(-1, -1);
+            //SetSelection(-1, -1);
+            // This eliminates an annoying flashing effect
+            // when replacing all text.
+            Clear();
         }
 
         ::SendMessage(GetHwnd(), EM_REPLACESEL, 0, (LPARAM)valueDos.c_str());