TextColor

[saurabh]

I want to change the color of the text shown in a textbox. Is it easily
achievable in C# ?

TIA,

--Saurabh

 

[saurabh]

Actually what I want to know also is, Why does the ForeColor not change the
color of the text in TextBox whereas a same named property does it in rich
textbox ?

--Saurabh

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

You must be doing something odd because the text colour certainly does
change with the forecolor property.

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Actually what I want to know also is, Why does the ForeColor not change
the color of the text in TextBox whereas a same named property does it in
rich textbox ?

The only reason for this behavior I can think of is that the textbox is
disabled.

 

[saurabh]

Damn me!!
Did not realise that. You are right to some extent. The textbox was
read-only but not disabled (ReadOnly = TRUE, Enabled = TRUE). Now that I
have disabled it but its not read-only then it is showing different color. I
also need to change the BackColor property to control rather than window
(which was default) to get the greyed out look.

Thanks very much for the help,

--Saurabh

 

[saurabh]

Right,

Playing with those properties for a few minutes, I have now realised that
you were absolutely right. If I do not have it enabled, I cannot change the
text color at run time but during design time, if I change the ForeColor, it
does change the text color.

Anyways, It has solved my problem now.

Thanks again for your help,