How do I get a TextBox to only accept numeric input in WPF?

Add a preview text input event. Like so: <TextBox PreviewTextInput="PreviewTextInput" />.

Then inside that set the e.Handled if the text isn't allowed. e.Handled = !IsTextAllowed(e.Text);

I use a simple regex in IsTextAllowed method to see if I should allow what they've typed. In my case I only want to allow numbers, dots and dashes.

private static readonly Regex _regex = new Regex("[^0-9.-]+"); //regex that matches disallowed text
private static bool IsTextAllowed(string text)
{
    return !_regex.IsMatch(text);
}

If you want to prevent pasting of incorrect data hook up the DataObject.Pasting event DataObject.Pasting="TextBoxPasting" as shown here (code excerpted):

// Use the DataObject.Pasting Handler 
private void TextBoxPasting(object sender, DataObjectPastingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.DataObject.GetDataPresent(typeof(String)))
    {
        String text = (String)e.DataObject.GetData(typeof(String));
        if (!IsTextAllowed(text))
        {
            e.CancelCommand();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        e.CancelCommand();
    }
}

Add in a VALIDATION RULE so that when the text changes, check to determine if the data is numeric, and if it is, allows processing to continue, and if it is not, prompts the user that only numeric data is accepted in that field.

Read more in Validation in Windows Presentation Foundation

Another approach will be using an attached behavior, I implemented my custom TextBoxHelper class, which can be used on textboxes all over my project. Because I figured that subscribing to the events for every textboxes and in every individual XAML file for this purpose can be time consuming.

The TextBoxHelper class I implemented has these features:

• Filtering and accepting only numbers in Double, Int, Uint and Natural format
• Filtering and accepting only Even or Odd numbers
• Handling paste event handler to prevent pasting invalid text into our numeric textboxes
• Can set a Default Value which will be used to prevent invalid data as the last shot by subscribing to the textboxes TextChanged event

Here is the implementation of TextBoxHelper class:

public static class TextBoxHelper
{
    #region Enum Declarations

    public enum NumericFormat
    {
        Double,
        Int,
        Uint,
        Natural
    }

    public enum EvenOddConstraint
    {
        All,
        OnlyEven,
        OnlyOdd
    }

    #endregion

    #region Dependency Properties & CLR Wrappers

    public static readonly DependencyProperty OnlyNumericProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("OnlyNumeric", typeof(NumericFormat?), typeof(TextBoxHelper),
            new PropertyMetadata(null, DependencyPropertiesChanged));
    public static void SetOnlyNumeric(TextBox element, NumericFormat value) =>
        element.SetValue(OnlyNumericProperty, value);
    public static NumericFormat GetOnlyNumeric(TextBox element) =>
        (NumericFormat) element.GetValue(OnlyNumericProperty);


    public static readonly DependencyProperty DefaultValueProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("DefaultValue", typeof(string), typeof(TextBoxHelper),
            new PropertyMetadata(null, DependencyPropertiesChanged));
    public static void SetDefaultValue(TextBox element, string value) =>
        element.SetValue(DefaultValueProperty, value);
    public static string GetDefaultValue(TextBox element) => (string) element.GetValue(DefaultValueProperty);


    public static readonly DependencyProperty EvenOddConstraintProperty =
        DependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("EvenOddConstraint", typeof(EvenOddConstraint), typeof(TextBoxHelper),
            new PropertyMetadata(EvenOddConstraint.All, DependencyPropertiesChanged));
    public static void SetEvenOddConstraint(TextBox element, EvenOddConstraint value) =>
        element.SetValue(EvenOddConstraintProperty, value);
    public static EvenOddConstraint GetEvenOddConstraint(TextBox element) =>
        (EvenOddConstraint)element.GetValue(EvenOddConstraintProperty);

    #endregion

    #region Dependency Properties Methods

    private static void DependencyPropertiesChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (!(d is TextBox textBox))
            throw new Exception("Attached property must be used with TextBox.");

        switch (e.Property.Name)
        {
            case "OnlyNumeric":
            {
                var castedValue = (NumericFormat?) e.NewValue;

                if (castedValue.HasValue)
                {
                    textBox.PreviewTextInput += TextBox_PreviewTextInput;
                    DataObject.AddPastingHandler(textBox, TextBox_PasteEventHandler);
                }
                else
                {
                    textBox.PreviewTextInput -= TextBox_PreviewTextInput;
                    DataObject.RemovePastingHandler(textBox, TextBox_PasteEventHandler);
                }

                break;
            }

            case "DefaultValue":
            {
                var castedValue = (string) e.NewValue;

                if (castedValue != null)
                {
                    textBox.TextChanged += TextBox_TextChanged;
                }
                else
                {
                    textBox.TextChanged -= TextBox_TextChanged;
                }

                break;
            }
        }
    }

    #endregion

    private static void TextBox_PreviewTextInput(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
    {
        var textBox = (TextBox)sender;

        string newText;

        if (textBox.SelectionLength == 0)
        {
            newText = textBox.Text.Insert(textBox.SelectionStart, e.Text);
        }
        else
        {
            var textAfterDelete = textBox.Text.Remove(textBox.SelectionStart, textBox.SelectionLength);

            newText = textAfterDelete.Insert(textBox.SelectionStart, e.Text);
        }

        var evenOddConstraint = GetEvenOddConstraint(textBox);

        switch (GetOnlyNumeric(textBox))
        {
            case NumericFormat.Double:
            {
                if (double.TryParse(newText, out double number))
                {
                    switch (evenOddConstraint)
                    {
                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                            if (number % 2 != 0)
                                e.Handled = true;
                            else
                                e.Handled = false;

                            break;

                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                            if (number % 2 == 0)
                                e.Handled = true;
                            else
                                e.Handled = false;

                            break;
                    }
                }
                else
                    e.Handled = true;

                break;
            }

            case NumericFormat.Int:
            {
                if (int.TryParse(newText, out int number))
                {
                    switch (evenOddConstraint)
                    {
                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                            if (number % 2 != 0)
                                e.Handled = true;
                            else
                                e.Handled = false;

                            break;

                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                            if (number % 2 == 0)
                                e.Handled = true;
                            else
                                e.Handled = false;

                            break;
                    }
                }
                else
                    e.Handled = true;

                break;
            }

            case NumericFormat.Uint:
            {
                if (uint.TryParse(newText, out uint number))
                {
                    switch (evenOddConstraint)
                    {
                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                            if (number % 2 != 0)
                                e.Handled = true;
                            else
                                e.Handled = false;

                            break;

                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                            if (number % 2 == 0)
                                e.Handled = true;
                            else
                                e.Handled = false;

                            break;
                    }
                }
                else
                    e.Handled = true;

                break;
            }

            case NumericFormat.Natural:
            {
                if (uint.TryParse(newText, out uint number))
                {
                    if (number == 0)
                        e.Handled = true;
                    else
                    {
                        switch (evenOddConstraint)
                        {
                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                                if (number % 2 != 0)
                                    e.Handled = true;
                                else
                                    e.Handled = false;

                                break;

                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                                if (number % 2 == 0)
                                    e.Handled = true;
                                else
                                    e.Handled = false;

                                break;
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                    e.Handled = true;

                break;
            }
        }
    }

    private static void TextBox_PasteEventHandler(object sender, DataObjectPastingEventArgs e)
    {
        var textBox = (TextBox)sender;

        if (e.DataObject.GetDataPresent(typeof(string)))
        {
            var clipboardText = (string) e.DataObject.GetData(typeof(string));

            var newText = textBox.Text.Insert(textBox.SelectionStart, clipboardText);

            var evenOddConstraint = GetEvenOddConstraint(textBox);

            switch (GetOnlyNumeric(textBox))
            {
                case NumericFormat.Double:
                {
                    if (double.TryParse(newText, out double number))
                    {
                        switch (evenOddConstraint)
                        {
                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                                if (number % 2 != 0)
                                    e.CancelCommand();

                                break;

                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                                if (number % 2 == 0)
                                    e.CancelCommand();

                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                        e.CancelCommand();

                    break;
                }

                case NumericFormat.Int:
                {
                    if (int.TryParse(newText, out int number))
                    {
                        switch (evenOddConstraint)
                        {
                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                                if (number % 2 != 0)
                                    e.CancelCommand();

                                break;

                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                                if (number % 2 == 0)
                                    e.CancelCommand();


                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                        e.CancelCommand();

                    break;
                }

                case NumericFormat.Uint:
                {
                    if (uint.TryParse(newText, out uint number))
                    {
                        switch (evenOddConstraint)
                        {
                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                                if (number % 2 != 0)
                                    e.CancelCommand();

                                break;

                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                                if (number % 2 == 0)
                                    e.CancelCommand();


                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                        e.CancelCommand();

                    break;
                }

                case NumericFormat.Natural:
                {
                    if (uint.TryParse(newText, out uint number))
                    {
                        if (number == 0)
                            e.CancelCommand();
                        else
                        {
                            switch (evenOddConstraint)
                            {
                                case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                                    if (number % 2 != 0)
                                        e.CancelCommand();

                                    break;

                                case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                                    if (number % 2 == 0)
                                        e.CancelCommand();

                                    break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        e.CancelCommand();
                    }

                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            e.CancelCommand();
        }
    }

    private static void TextBox_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        var textBox = (TextBox)sender;

        var defaultValue = GetDefaultValue(textBox);

        var evenOddConstraint = GetEvenOddConstraint(textBox);

        switch (GetOnlyNumeric(textBox))
        {
            case NumericFormat.Double:
            {
                if (double.TryParse(textBox.Text, out double number))
                {
                    switch (evenOddConstraint)
                    {
                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                            if (number % 2 != 0)
                                textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                            break;

                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                            if (number % 2 == 0)
                                textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                            break;
                    }
                }
                else
                    textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                break;
            }

            case NumericFormat.Int:
            {
                if (int.TryParse(textBox.Text, out int number))
                {
                    switch (evenOddConstraint)
                    {
                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                            if (number % 2 != 0)
                                textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                            break;

                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                            if (number % 2 == 0)
                                textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                            break;
                    }
                }
                else
                    textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                break;
            }

            case NumericFormat.Uint:
            {
                if (uint.TryParse(textBox.Text, out uint number))
                {
                    switch (evenOddConstraint)
                    {
                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                            if (number % 2 != 0)
                                textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                            break;

                        case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                            if (number % 2 == 0)
                                textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                            break;
                    }
                }
                else
                    textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                break;
            }

            case NumericFormat.Natural:
            {
                if (uint.TryParse(textBox.Text, out uint number))
                {
                    if(number == 0)
                        textBox.Text = defaultValue;
                    else
                    {
                        switch (evenOddConstraint)
                        {
                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyEven:

                                if (number % 2 != 0)
                                    textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                                break;

                            case EvenOddConstraint.OnlyOdd:

                                if (number % 2 == 0)
                                    textBox.Text = defaultValue;

                                break;
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    textBox.Text = defaultValue;
                }

                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

And here is some example of its easy usage:

<TextBox viewHelpers:TextBoxHelper.OnlyNumeric="Double"
         viewHelpers:TextBoxHelper.DefaultValue="1"/>

Or

<TextBox viewHelpers:TextBoxHelper.OnlyNumeric="Natural"
         viewHelpers:TextBoxHelper.DefaultValue="3"
         viewHelpers:TextBoxHelper.EvenOddConstraint="OnlyOdd"/>

Note that my TextBoxHelper resides in the viewHelpers xmlns alias.

I hope that this implementation eases some other one's work :)

For developers who want their text fields to accept unsigned numbers only such as socket ports and so on:

WPF

<TextBox PreviewTextInput="Port_PreviewTextInput" MaxLines="1"/>

C#

private void Port_PreviewTextInput(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
{
    e.Handled = !int.TryParse(e.Text, out int x);
}

How about this? Works well for me. Hope I didn't miss any edge cases...

MyTextBox.PreviewTextInput += (sender, args) =>
{
    if (!int.TryParse(args.Text, out _))
    {
        args.Handled = true;
    }
};

DataObject.AddPastingHandler(MyTextBox, (sender, args) =>
{
    var isUnicodeText = args.SourceDataObject.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.UnicodeText, true);
    if (!isUnicodeText)
    {
        args.CancelCommand();
    }

    var data = args.SourceDataObject.GetData(DataFormats.UnicodeText) as string;
    if (!int.TryParse(data, out _))
    {
        args.CancelCommand();
    }
});

Here is my version of it. It's based on a base ValidatingTextBox class that just undoes what has been done if it's not "valid". It supports paste, cut, delete, backspace, +, - etc.

For 32-bit integer, there is a Int32TextBox class that just compares with an int. I have also added floating point validation classes.

public class ValidatingTextBox : TextBox
{
    private bool _inEvents;
    private string _textBefore;
    private int _selectionStart;
    private int _selectionLength;

    public event EventHandler<ValidateTextEventArgs> ValidateText;

    protected override void OnPreviewKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
    {
        if (_inEvents)
            return;

        _selectionStart = SelectionStart;
        _selectionLength = SelectionLength;
        _textBefore = Text;
    }

    protected override void OnTextChanged(TextChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (_inEvents)
            return;

        _inEvents = true;
        var ev = new ValidateTextEventArgs(Text);
        OnValidateText(this, ev);
        if (ev.Cancel)
        {
            Text = _textBefore;
            SelectionStart = _selectionStart;
            SelectionLength = _selectionLength;
        }
        _inEvents = false;
    }

    protected virtual void OnValidateText(object sender, ValidateTextEventArgs e) => ValidateText?.Invoke(this, e);
}

public class ValidateTextEventArgs : CancelEventArgs
{
    public ValidateTextEventArgs(string text) => Text = text;

    public string Text { get; }
}

public class Int32TextBox : ValidatingTextBox
{
    protected override void OnValidateText(object sender, ValidateTextEventArgs e) => e.Cancel = !int.TryParse(e.Text, out var value);
}

public class Int64TextBox : ValidatingTextBox
{
    protected override void OnValidateText(object sender, ValidateTextEventArgs e) => e.Cancel = !long.TryParse(e.Text, out var value);
}

public class DoubleTextBox : ValidatingTextBox
{
    protected override void OnValidateText(object sender, ValidateTextEventArgs e) => e.Cancel = !double.TryParse(e.Text, out var value);
}

public class SingleTextBox : ValidatingTextBox
{
    protected override void OnValidateText(object sender, ValidateTextEventArgs e) => e.Cancel = !float.TryParse(e.Text, out var value);
}

public class DecimalTextBox : ValidatingTextBox
{
    protected override void OnValidateText(object sender, ValidateTextEventArgs e) => e.Cancel = !decimal.TryParse(e.Text, out var value);
}

Note 1: When using WPF binding, you must make sure you use the class that fits the bound property type otherwise, it may lead to strange results.

Note 2: When using floating point classes with WPF binding, make sure the binding uses the current culture to match the TryParse method I've used.

I modified Rays answer to handle the highlighted text prior to checking the regular expression. I also adjusted the regular expression to only allow for two decimal places (currency).

private static readonly Regex _regex = new Regex(@"^[0-9]\d*(\.\d{0,2})?$");
private static bool IsTextAllowed(string text)
{
    return _regex.IsMatch(text);
}

private bool IsAllowed(TextBox tb, string text)
{
    bool isAllowed = true;
    if (tb != null)
    {
        string currentText = tb.Text;
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tb.SelectedText))
            currentText = currentText.Remove(tb.CaretIndex, tb.SelectedText.Length);
        isAllowed = IsTextAllowed(currentText.Insert(tb.CaretIndex, text));
    }
    return isAllowed;
}

private void Txt_PreviewCurrencyTextInput(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
{
    e.Handled = !IsAllowed(sender as TextBox, e.Text);            
}


private void TextBoxPasting(object sender, DataObjectPastingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.DataObject.GetDataPresent(typeof(String)))
    {
        String text = (String)e.DataObject.GetData(typeof(String));
        if (!IsAllowed(sender as TextBox, text))
            e.CancelCommand();
    }
    else
        e.CancelCommand();
}

And the xaml

<TextBox Name="Txt_Textbox" PreviewTextInput="Txt_PreviewCurrencyTextInput"  DataObject.Pasting="TextBoxPasting" />

The best and most elegant solution to only allow integer numbers in textbox (even in some range) is:

XAML:

<TextBox PreviewTextInput="ValidationTextBox" TextChanged="TextBox_TextChanged"/>

C#:

private void ValidationTextBox(object sender, TextCompositionEventArgs e)
{
    int max = 100;

    //do not allow futher incorrect typing
    e.Handled = !(int.TryParse(((TextBox)sender).Text + e.Text, out int i) && i >= 1 && i <= max);
}

private void TextBox_TextChanged(object sender, TextChangedEventArgs e)
{
    int max = 100;

    if (!int.TryParse(((TextBox)sender).Text, out int j) || j < 1 || j > max)
    {
        //delete incoret input
        ((TextBox)sender).Text = "";
    }
    else
    {
        //delete leading zeros
        ((TextBox)sender).Text = j.ToString();
    }
}

You can adjust the minimal and maximal acceptable number with max (min) by switch on ((TextBox)sender).Name.

This solution does not allow leading zeros or copy pasting the input. In every scenario you will have a correct number in the textbox.

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;
            }
        }

    }