To answer my own question... Use TextView.setCompoundDrawables(null, null, null, null) to hide the cross.
Next thing is to detect when the cross is pressed on. Currently I do this: mEditText.setOnTouchListener(new OnTouchListener() { public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) { if (mEditText.getCompoundDrawables()[2] == null) { // cross is not being shown so no need to handle return false; } if (event.getAction() != MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) { // only respond to the down type return false; } if (event.getX() > mEditText.getMeasuredWidth() - mEditText.getPaddingRight() - x.getIntrinsicWidth()) { mEditText.setText(""); return true; } else { return false; } } }); This works but feels rather messy to me. Also, I'm not sure about the mEditText.getPaddingRight()... Is there a better way? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---