How to change textbox font color when disable ?

[engteng]

When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?


Regards,
Tee

[Phill W.]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

engteng wrote:

When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?

If your users have had Windows PC's for more than about three days, then
you should not do this, unless you have a really, /really/ Good Reason
to do so (e.g. specialised applications for, say, poorly-lit working
conditions).

Grey text on disabled controls is /standard/ Windows behaviour that will
be exhibited when your application runs on practically every Windows PC
on the planet.

OK, there /are/ a few cases where this is justifiable; just so long as
(a) you realise that there are /very/ few such cases, and
(b) your users know in advance that your application is going to behave
this way.

Applications that do "odd" things may be reported as "buggy" or
un-installed completely (just try changing the screen resolution on me!)
:-)

Regards,
Phill W.

[Jan Hyde (VB MVP)]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

"engteng" <passrcv@gmail. com>'s wild thoughts were released
on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:23:47 +0800 bearing the following
fruit:

>When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
>color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
>

Normally when someone asks this it's because someone finds
the grey text hard to see. In which case they sould change
this colour on their PC to something other than grey.


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Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

[rowe_newsgroups]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

On Oct 8, 6:23 am, "engteng" <pass...@gmail. comwrote:

When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
>
Regards,
Tee

Switch to WPF

:-)

Thanks,

Seth Rowe [MVP]

http://sethrowe.blogspot.com/

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RE: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

engteng:

I see what you are trying to do. Instead of setting the TextBox's Enabled
Property to False, try setting the ReadOnly Property to True.

I bet you a dollar this is what you are trying to accomplish.

"engteng" wrote:

When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
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>
Regards,
Tee
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[engteng]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

This will do but what is the best way to avoid this textbox to have gotfocus
even it is readonly ?


Regards,
Tee

"jp2msft" <jp2msft@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
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engteng:
>
I see what you are trying to do. Instead of setting the TextBox's Enabled
Property to False, try setting the ReadOnly Property to True.
>
I bet you a dollar this is what you are trying to accomplish.
>
"engteng" wrote:
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>When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become
>gray
>color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
>>
>>
>Regards,
>Tee
>>
>>
>>

[engteng]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

You are right (Gray hard to see) so I am using Windows XP sp3 any way to
change the gray color ?

Regards,
Tee


"Jan Hyde (VB MVP)" <StellaDrinker@ REMOVE.ME.uboot .comwrote in message
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"engteng" <passrcv@gmail. com>'s wild thoughts were released
on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:23:47 +0800 bearing the following
fruit:
>

>>When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
>>color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
>>

>
Normally when someone asks this it's because someone finds
the grey text hard to see. In which case they sould change
this colour on their PC to something other than grey.
>
>
--
Jan Hyde (VB MVP)
>
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

textbox.Next maybe

Cor

"engteng" <passrcv@gmail. comschreef in bericht
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This will do but what is the best way to avoid this textbox to have
gotfocus even it is readonly ?
>
>
Regards,
Tee
>
"jp2msft" <jp2msft@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
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>engteng:
>>
>I see what you are trying to do. Instead of setting the TextBox's Enabled
>Property to False, try setting the ReadOnly Property to True.
>>
>I bet you a dollar this is what you are trying to accomplish.
>>
>"engteng" wrote:
>>

>>When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become
>>gray
>>color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
>>>
>>>
>>Regards,
>>Tee
>>>
>>>
>>>

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>

[kimiraikkonen]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

On Oct 9, 11:38 am, "engteng" <pass...@gmail. comwrote:

This will do but what is the best way to avoid this textbox to have gotfocus
even it is readonly ?
>
Regards,
Tee
>
"jp2msft" <jp2m...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
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news:3BB9903A-B7BD-44DB-AFDC-64D799A4356B@mi crosoft.com...
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>
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engteng:

>

I see what you are trying to do. Instead of setting the TextBox's Enabled
Property to False, try setting the ReadOnly Property to True.

>

I bet you a dollar this is what you are trying to accomplish.

>

"engteng" wrote:

>

When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become
gray
color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?

>

Regards,
Tee- Hide quoted text -

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It maybe considered as a primitive way, but you can try to handle your
ReadOnly Textbox's GotFocus event and when it gets focus then focus
another UI control to lose focus of textbox as follows:

'---------------------------------------------------
Private Sub TextBox1_GotFoc us(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArg s) Handles TextBox1.GotFoc us

' when it gets focus select another control
Textbox1.Select NextControl

' ...OR focus another control manually
' eg: a button
Button1.Focus

End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------------

Hope this helps,

Onur Güzel

[kimiraikkonen]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

On Oct 9, 1:40 pm, kimiraikkonen <kimiraikkone.. .@gmail.comwrot e:

On Oct 9, 11:38 am, "engteng" <pass...@gmail. comwrote:
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This will do but what is the best way to avoid this textbox to have gotfocus
even it is readonly ?

>

Regards,
Tee

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"jp2msft" <jp2m...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message

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news:3BB9903A-B7BD-44DB-AFDC-64D799A4356B@mi crosoft.com...

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engteng:

>

I see what you are trying to do. Instead of setting the TextBox's Enabled
Property to False, try setting the ReadOnly Property to True.

>

I bet you a dollar this is what you are trying to accomplish.

>

"engteng" wrote:

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>When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become
>gray
>color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?

>

>Regards,
>Tee- Hide quoted text -

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It maybe considered as a primitive way, but you can try to handle your
ReadOnly Textbox's GotFocus event and when it gets focus then focus
another UI control to lose focus of textbox as follows:
>
'---------------------------------------------------
Private Sub TextBox1_GotFoc us(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArg s) Handles TextBox1.GotFoc us
>
' when it gets focus select another control
Textbox1.Select NextControl
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' ...OR focus another control manually
' eg: a button
Button1.Focus
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End Sub
'-----------------------------------------------------
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Hope this helps,
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Onur Güzel- Hide quoted text -
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Regarding to SelectNextContr ol in my previous post, as i forgot, don't
forget to pass required arguments mentioned on:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.selectnextcontrol.aspx

...or selecting / focusing a specific control manually like button
would be shorter way to make your textbox lose focus when it gets
focus :-)

Thanks,

Onur Güzel

[Jan Hyde (VB MVP)]

Re: How to change textbox font color when disable ?

"engteng" <passrcv@gmail. com>'s wild thoughts were released
on Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:48:30 +0800 bearing the following
fruit:

>You are right (Gray hard to see) so I am using Windows XP sp3 any way to
>change the gray color ?

Sure, just change it under appearance settings.

Can't recall the steps to get you there in XP though.

J

>Regards,
>Tee
>
>
>"Jan Hyde (VB MVP)" <StellaDrinker@ REMOVE.ME.uboot .comwrote in message
>news:83ape4p8d 20ntvb82e06u66a pkcp1qti1j@4ax. com...

>"engteng" <passrcv@gmail. com>'s wild thoughts were released
>on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 18:23:47 +0800 bearing the following
>fruit:
>>

>>>When textbox properties enable = False the font in the textbox become gray
>>>color. How do I change the gray color to black color ?
>>>

>>
>Normally when someone asks this it's because someone finds
>the grey text hard to see. In which case they sould change
>this colour on their PC to something other than grey.
>>
>>
>--
>Jan Hyde (VB MVP)
>>
>https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde

>

--
Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde