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Can anyone point me to a good implementation of a basic Windows Forms TextBox that will initially show watermark text that disappears when the cursor enters it? I think I can create my own with some creative use of Enter and Leave events, but I'm sure there's a perfectly usable implementation sitting around somewhere. I saw the WPF implementation and if necessary I could nest it, but a native WinForms TextBox derivative would be better.
I have this so far; haven't tried it yet but does anyone see any glaring problems?
public class WatermarkTextBox:TextBox
{
public string WatermarkText { get; set; }
public Color WatermarkColor { get; set; }
private Color TextColor { get; set; }
private bool isInTransition;
public WatermarkTextBox()
{
WatermarkColor = SystemColors.GrayText;
}
private bool HasText { get { return Text.IsNotNullOrBlankOr(WatermarkText); }}
protected override void OnEnter(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnEnter(e);
if (HasText) return;
isInTransition = true;
ForeColor = TextColor;
Text = String.Empty;
isInTransition = false;
}
protected override void OnForeColorChanged(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnForeColorChanged(e);
if (!isInTransition) //the change came from outside
TextColor = ForeColor;
}
protected override void OnLeave(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLeave(e);
if (HasText) return;
isInTransition = true;
ForeColor = WatermarkColor;
Text = WatermarkText.EmptyIfNull();
isInTransition = false;
}
}
EDIT: The above would have eventually worked with some finessing, but the CueProvider worked much better. Here's my final implementation:
public class WatermarkTextBox:TextBox
{
private string watermarkText;
public string WatermarkText
{
get { return watermarkText; }
set
{