C# | TextBox Controls
Last Updated :
20 Apr, 2023
In Windows forms, TextBox plays an important role. With the help of TextBox, the user can enter data in the application, it can be of a single line or of multiple lines. The TextBox is a class and it is defined under System.Windows.Forms namespace. In C#, you can create a TextBox in two different ways: 1. Design-Time: It is the simplest way to create a TextBox as shown in the following steps:
- Step 1: Create a windows form. As shown in the below image: Visual Studio -> File -> New -> Project -> WindowsFormApp
- Step 2: Drag the TextBox control from the ToolBox and drop it on the windows form. You can place TextBox anywhere on the windows form according to your need.
- Step 3: After drag and drop you will go to the properties of the TextBox control to modify the TextBox design according to your requirement.
2. Run-Time: It is a little bit trickier than the above method. In this method, you can create your own textbox using the TextBox class.
- Step 1 : Create a textbox using the TextBox() constructor provided by the TextBox class.
// Creating textbox
TextBox Mytextbox = new TextBox();
- Step 2 : After creating TextBox, set the properties of the TextBox provided by the TextBox class.
// Set location of the textbox
Mytextbox.Location = new Point(187, 51);
// Set background color of the textbox
Mytextbox.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
// Set the foreground color of the textbox
Mytextbox.ForeColor = Color.DarkOliveGreen;
// Set the size of the textbox
Mytextbox.AutoSize = true;
// Set the name of the textbox
Mytextbox.Name = "text_box1";
- Step 3 : And last add this textbox control to form using Add() method.
// Add this textbox to form
this.Controls.Add(Mytextbox);
CSharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace my {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Label Mylablel = new Label();
Mylablel.Location = new Point(96, 54);
Mylablel.Text = "Enter Name";
Mylablel.AutoSize = true ;
Mylablel.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
this .Controls.Add(Mylablel);
TextBox Mytextbox = new TextBox();
Mytextbox.Location = new Point(187, 51);
Mytextbox.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
Mytextbox.ForeColor = Color.DarkOliveGreen;
Mytextbox.AutoSize = true ;
Mytextbox.Name = "text_box1";
this .Controls.Add(Mytextbox);
}
}
}
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