Appearance Settings in Windows Forms MaskedTextBox (MaskedEditBox)

3 Sep 2020 / 1 minute to read

Background settings

The background settings of the MaskedEditBox control are discussed below.

Background color

You can set the background color for the MaskedEditBox control by using the BackColor property.

MaskedEditBox Property	Description
BackColor	Specifies the background color of the component.

c#

this.maskedEditBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.PaleGoldenrod;

vb

Me.maskedEditBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.PaleGoldenrod

You can also reset the background color for MaskedEditBox control by using the ResetBackColor method.

Method	Description
ResetBackColor	Resets the BackColor property to its default value.

## Foreground settings

The foreground settings of the MaskedEditBox control are discussed below.

Foreground color

You can set the foreground color for MaskedEditBox Control by using the ForeColor property.

MaskedEditBox Property	Description
ForeColor	Specifies the foreground color of this component, which is used to display text.

c#

this.maskedEditBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta;

vb

Me.maskedEditBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta

Visual style

You can set the visual style to the MaskedEditBox control by using Style property.

c#

this.maskedEditBox1.Style = TextBoxExt.theme.Office2016DarkGray;