Watermark in textbox in C#

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Hello,
I want to ask how one can programatically make a text appear in a textbox like "Type user name here" and make that instructional text clear as the user actually enters something into that textbox.
I want to do this in a C# Windows Forms application.

Thanks!

Posted 8-Jul-13 15:05pm

suleman115

Updated 3-Aug-18 7:59am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Jul-13 21:12pm

"Clear away" is not clear.
—SA

[no name] 8-Jul-13 21:12pm

That makes no sense at all.... but if that is really what you want to do, try yourTextbox.Text = string.Empty

MuhammadUSman1 8-Jul-13 21:27pm

Couldn't understand your Question?

suleman115 8-Jul-13 22:24pm

actualy i have a log in form and i want to write user name in the textbox where user should give his user name...and i want this 'user name' text to be like google is written in Google's search box...clear now?..how to do it?

[no name] 8-Jul-13 22:31pm

Then the thing you need to search for is "watermark".

ArunRajendra 9-Jul-13 1:58am

are you doing it web or Windows?

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 9-Jul-13 2:06am

So what do you think Windows Forms application means.
Hmmmmm ...

ArunRajendra 9-Jul-13 2:18am

Sorry dint notice it.

3 solutions

Solution 1

I hope this is what you need:

[TextBoxWatermark Demonstration]

That should help you!

Posted 8-Jul-13 19:43pm

VICK

Updated 8-Jul-13 19:46pm

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Solution 2

There is an article here on CP that does this: Custom TextBox with Watermark[^].

Regards,

— Manfred

Posted 8-Jul-13 19:53pm

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Renju Vinod · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08T19:56:00

Solution 3

Please check this

WaterMark TextBox For Desktop Applications Using C#, .NET 3.5 and VS2008[]

Posted 8-Jul-13 19:56pm

Renju Vinod

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suleman115 13-Jul-13 2:17am

thank you for the solution, I tried it first and it worked..Thanks:)