--- title: Top Common Handlers in .NET MAUI | daily.dev description: .NET MAUI handlers connect cross-platform controls to their native platform equivalents. This walkthrough covers five practical handler use cases: removing the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/top-common-handlers-in-net-maui-b15a1poaz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Top Common Handlers in .NET MAUI | daily.dev og:description: .NET MAUI handlers connect cross-platform controls to their native platform equivalents. This walkthrough covers five practical handler use cases: removing the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/top-common-handlers-in-net-maui-b15a1poaz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/B15a1POaz.png og:image:alt: Top Common Handlers in .NET MAUI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Top Common Handlers in .NET MAUI **[Telerik](https://daily.dev/sources/telerik)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary .NET MAUI handlers connect cross-platform controls to their native platform equivalents. This walkthrough covers five practical handler use cases: removing the default border/underline from Entry controls, customizing Android button ripple effects and elevation, selecting all text on Entry focus, disabling the on-screen keyboard for custom input scenarios, and centering text in DatePicker/TimePicker. Each example shows platform-specific code using conditional compilation directives and native properties like BackgroundTintList, BorderStyle, ShowSoftInputOnFocus, and Gravity. A more advanced example demonstrates using handlers to apply real-time email validation across all Entry controls app-wide. The post concludes by recommending pre-built Telerik UI for .NET MAUI controls as an alternative to writing custom handlers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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