Question

Visual C#.NET:

    private void tbAddress_GotFocus()
    {
        tbAddress.Text = "";
    }

    private void tbAddress_LostFocus()
    {
        if (tbAddress.Text == "") { tbAddress.Text = "Email Address"; }
    }

So, I’m trying to use that code to make it so there is text in a (Windows Forms) textbox, and then when the textbox gets focus (when the user clicks inside of it), the text disappears. That way it looks like a form with the label inside the textbox.

So, why doesn’t that code work, or is there a better way to do it?

Answer 1

Here’s a tutorial on how to do watermarks in textboxes.

http://vidmar.net/weblog/archive/2008/11/05/watermarked-textbox-in-windows-forms-on-.net.aspx