dragonx

When a Windows control such as TextBox or ComboBox is disabled it uses default system colours for the Backcolor and Forecolor attributes. How can I customise these controls to override these attributes. For example, I want the text font to be bold and black when in a disabled state.

thanks

Rory

Well I find that if the colours are non-system ones, the textbox takes those regardless of whether it's enabled or not, so you'd have to write some code to handle the colour changing to indicate a "greyed out" state.

Ooble

I've never tried it myself, but this apparently works: put the control in a PictureBox and set the border to 0. Disable the PictureBox (not the TextBox), and add checking.

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Rory

While we're talking hacks...
You could also use the EnableWindow API to just disable the window directly, or override the Enabled property Setter to prevent the repaint, so the colours aren't changed.