How can i customise TextBox Selection color?

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Hi All,

I am finding it difficult if not impossible to find a solution to how i would change the text selection colour in a TextBox control.

I have read that the TextBox control is a thin wrapper around the old windows text box and is therefore more difficult to paint. I found an application when i could hide the background however still cannot customise the selection color =/

Is there any way i can achieve a custom selection colour? Is there a Win32 call that would allow me to do this or any other possibility.

Any pointers would be helpful

Thanks in Advance George

Posted 24-Feb-12 0:54am

grwithey

Updated 24-Feb-12 0:55am

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grwithey 29-Feb-12 4:54am

If anyone knows of a way of disabling the system text highlight colour i could implement my own technique for highlighting the text in a different color

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Aniket Yadav · Answer 1 · 2012-02-24T00:59:00

Solution 1

Have you tried

C#

txtTextBox.ForeColoe = Color.Red;

If So then you have to replace your textbox with RTB(rich Text Box).

You will able to achieve what you are trying to achieve here.

Posted 24-Feb-12 0:59am

Aniket Yadav

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grwithey 24-Feb-12 7:05am

I was trying to change the color of the rectangle behind the text when the text is selected. It currently uses the system default as i am aware this is its standard implementation, however i am looking to customise this without having to use the richTextBox control.

Aniket Yadav 24-Feb-12 7:28am

Ok Then Change the Backcolor of the textbox

txtTextBox.BackColor = Color.Red;

Try this

grwithey 29-Feb-12 3:42am

Thanks but it is not that rectangle either. It is the highlight applied, (Usually blue behind text in windows)

Member 12284620 24-Sep-19 13:53pm

I would say the only option is somehow get the bounds of the selection rectangle (in the form of a System.Drawing.Rectangle, then also get the graphics object of the control, then FillRectangle and Draw the text right after that using the color you want. It might be a hack but I think that is how TextBox does it in OnPaint or something like that.