Appearance Settings in Windows Forms TextBox (TextBoxExt)

29 Apr 20211 minute to read

This section describes about background, foreground and visual style settings.

Background settings

You can set the background color of the TextBoxExt control by using the BackColor property.

this.textBoxExt1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Moccasin;
Me.textBoxExt1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Moccasin

Set the backcolor of WF TextBoxExt control

Foreground settings

You can set the foreground color of the TextBoxExt control by using ForeColor property.

this.textBoxExt1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSeaGreen;
Me.textBoxExt1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSeaGreen

Set the fore ground color of WF TextBoxExt control

Visual style

You can change the visual style for TextBoxExt control by using Style property. The various styles are given below,

  • Office2016Colorful
  • Office2016White
  • Office2016Black
  • Office2016DarkGray
  • Metro
  • Office2010
  • Office2007
  • Default
this.textBoxExt1.Style = TextBoxExt.theme.Office2016Colorful;
Me.textBoxExt1.Style = TextBoxExt.theme.Office2016Colorful

Set the visual style to WF TextBoxExt control