Author: Tomas Rutkauskas

I want to write an Edit component, but I want the cursor to stay on the right when 
the user types in new characters.

Answer:

1   procedure TForm1.Edit1Change(Sender: TObject);
2   begin
3     if IsChanging then
4       exit; {Avoid recursion}
5     IsChanging := true;
6     try
7       {Remove the first character}
8       Edit1.Text := copy(Edit1.Text, 2, length(Edit1.Text) - 1);
9       {And move the cursor to the end of the text}
10      Edit1.SelStart := length(Edit1.Text);
11    finally
12      IsChanging := false;
13    end;
14  end;


At design time (or in Create), put several spaces as Edit1.Text. They will be replaced one by one with characters typed by the user. IsChanging is a private variable of type boolean.