How to make a textbox act like Ubuntu's terminal

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Hey, I was wondering if there was a way to make the textbox act like the ubuntu's terminal application:
http://gyazo.com/0e28f08733105d9ca6c6bfc81035def6[^]

Basically the things I'm trying to do here:

1. Get the caret to be a larger size like the one in the picture
2. Make it so that you can't edit text before the new characters

Posted 27-Dec-14 17:42pm

ozthe1337

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Dec-14 23:59pm

First of all, which TextBox do you mean? Full type name, please. Essentially. I'm asking which of the UI libraries you want to use.
Anyway, you need to create a custom control not derived from TextBox...
—SA

ozthe1337 28-Dec-14 0:12am

Okay but do you know how I would change the caret size?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-14 0:15am

If could be some separate UI element or control. You did not answer my question on what you are using, so I cannot discuss all cases...
—SA

ozthe1337 28-Dec-14 0:19am

Oh sorry, I'm just using the regular .net Framework Component Textbox

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-14 10:56am

Which one? I don't know who told you there is only one, but it's not true, so I asked you its full type name. Please...
—SA

ozthe1337 28-Dec-14 12:36pm

System.Windows.Forms.Textbox(I'm not really good with knowing all the controls)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Dec-14 12:43pm

But that's enough. Please always specify full names, because the same simple names for similar but unrelated types are used in different UI libraries.

The Solution 1 should work for you, but it is based on P/Invoke which compromises the platform compatibility of your solution (maybe it's fine for your purposes). Still you would need to develop a special custom control (controls). I would advise to invent something different from that command interpreter window. I've actually done something like that, developed my own command box application based on a regular text edit control. It had certain benefits over the regular terminal style...

—SA

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Garth J Lancaster · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-27T18:33:00

Solution 1

have a look here - some good hints/answers

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/609927/custom-caret-for-winforms-textbox[^]

Posted 27-Dec-14 18:33pm

Garth J Lancaster

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ozthe1337 28-Dec-14 0:48am

I added the code to my project, but does nothing to the textbox control

ozthe1337 28-Dec-14 20:07pm

Okay I tried that code and now it's starting to work(had a few complicated design errors, but now it's working), thanks!