TextBox text color

[Paddy]

Does anyone know if it is possible to change the colour of the text in a text box? I have tried textBox1.forecolor = System.drawing.color.red; and also changing the color in the textbox properties but it doesn't seem to work! Am I missing something? Thanks Paddy

[Nick Parker]

Hmmm... Your question caught me as setting the ForeColor property in the designer should work, in fact it works on my box :confused:. However if you would like to change the color programtically you can do:

this.textBox1.ForeColor = Color.Aqua;

You should see call kinds of different colors in the intellisence once you type Color. You may also need to prepend this. in front of your textBox1 HTH Nick Parker

[Paddy]

Thanks for the quick reply Nick. I don't know why it wont work for me! Do you need to add Using Systems.color or anything like that at the start of your code? Paddy

[Nick Parker]

Try pasting this code in exactly, I just made this up really quickly.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

namespace ChangeColor
{
	/// 
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// 
	public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button button2;
		/// 
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// 
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public Form1()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//
		}

		/// 
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// 
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if (components != null) 
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// 
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// 
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.button2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// textBox1
			// 
			this.textBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Aqua;
			this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(72, 80);
			this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
			this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 20);
			this.textBox1.TabIndex = 0;
			this.textBox1.Text = "textBox1";
			// 
			// button1
			// 
			this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 128);
			this.button1.Name = "button1";
			this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 24);
			this.button1.TabIndex = 1;
			this.button1.Text = "Change To Red";
			this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
			// 
			// button2
			// 
			this.button2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(128, 128);
			this.button2.Name = "button2";
			this.button2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 24);
			this.button2.TabIndex = 2;
			this.button2.Text = "Change To Green";
			this.button2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button2_Click);

[Paddy]

Thanks for the help. I'm in poxy work at the moment with no visual studio so I wont get a chance to try adding it to my code till lunch time! Do you know if the textBox.ForeColor changes all the text in the texbox or can I make different words different colors by changing the forecolor before I append text to the texbox? Thanks, Paddy.

[Rocky Moore]

Paddy wrote: Do you know if the textBox.ForeColor changes all the text in the texbox or can I make different words different colors by changing the forecolor before I append text to the texbox? If you wish to use different colors for different words you would have to use a control such as the RichTextBox control which supports formatting. The text field is only a single color unless you make your own text control and draw it yourself. Rocky Moore

[Paddy]

Thanks for the help, Is it difficult to implement a RichTextBox control? Paddy

[Rickard Andersson20]

You just declare a RichTextBox object or you could find it in the Toolbox. To change the color/font or something you just use SelectionFont/SelectionColor property to change the color/font of selected text. Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C# and C++!

[Paddy]

Thanks Rickard, I'll give that a try later, doesn't sound to difficult. Paddy

[Rickard Andersson20]

Paddy wrote: doesn't sound to difficult. Believe me! It's too easy! :) Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C# and C++!

[Paddy]

Thanks I'll give it a try when I get out here!