Question

I want my C# program to have initial values for its textboxes. For example, in one of the textboxes, it should say "Please enter your name".

When you click (or tabStop) on the textbox, the initial value should disappear and the user will be able to enter their input to the textbox.

I can do all this with click_event, but using this method the initial text would not have less opacity. How am I able to achieve this?

Answer 1

This is how I finally did it:

Boolean first_time_click = true;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            textBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Gray;
            textBox1.Text = "Enter the Text";
        }

private void For_First_Click()
        {
            if (first_time_click)
            {
                textBox1.Clear();
                textBox1.ForeColor = textBox1.ForeColor = SystemColors.WindowText;
            }
            first_time_click = false;
        }

private void textBox1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            For_First_Click();
        }