Question

I have a text box that when it is disabled the text in it is gray and kind of dithered. (This is the standard functionality.)

Is there a way to make this easier to see?

I have tried this:

txtBoxNumber.Enabled = false;
txtBoxNumber.ForeColor = Color.Black;

and that has no effect.

NOTE: This is a .net Compact Framework app, but I am not tagging the question with CF because I think it is the same for normal .net.

Answer 1

Why don’t you make the TextBox.ReadOnly instead? That would allow the user to see & copy the textbox value, but not change it. A read-only textbox is usually rendered the same way as a normal textbox.

From MSDN:

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.