Make TextBox uneditable

c# .net winforms textbox
Mahdi Tahsildari picture Mahdi Tahsildari · Jan 30, 2013 · Viewed 145.5k times · Source

I want to make some TextBoxes on my form uneditable, but I want the text to be clear (black not gray) and that's why I do not want to use

myTextBox.Enabled = false;

Somehow I want it to be disabled but with non-gray fore-color.

Does anyone have any clue?

Answer

Parimal Raj picture Parimal Raj · Jan 30, 2013

Using the TextBox.ReadOnly property

TextBox.ReadOnly = true;

For a Non-Grey background you can change the TextBox.BackColor property to SystemColors.Window Color

textBox.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window;

When this property is set to true, the contents of the control cannot be changed by the user at runtime. With this property set to true, you can still set the value of the Text property in code. You can use this feature instead of disabling the control with the Enabled property to allow the contents to be copied and ToolTips to be shown.

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