How to apply multiple colors to textbox ?

Question

How to apply multiple colors for entering text in textbox

for example i have a string array contains (Apple,mango,banana)

if an user enters mango as a text in textbox automatically the color of the mango text should become yellow and remaining text should not effect the yellow color.

i tried but the color applies entire textbox.

can anyone please help me

Thanks,

Balu.

Answer 1

You have to use a Rich Text Box

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3tdc88y7.aspx

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Answer 2

you can try to use RichTextBox instead of normal one. There is a property calles selectedtext, i guess you can try to change color/font with the selectedtext and overwrite some of the events or properties.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.richtextbox.aspx

regards

joon

Answer 3

Hi Joon,

i want to apply only to text not for selected text

i mean when i typing text in textbox or richtextbox it automatically changes the text color

Thanks,

Balu.

Answer 4

Hi Joon,

i want to apply only to text not for selected text

i mean when i typing text in textbox or richtextbox it automatically changes the text color

Thanks,

Balu.

You'll have to write code to do what you want using the RichTextBox.

Answer 5

Hi John,

Can you please provide me an example code for that

Answer 6

hello

Please , can any one slove this issue

Answer 7

Hi balu,

I would like to provide you with a simple code snippet to show how to set color in richtextbox. The text "mango" will change only when you finish the input with 'o'. You can check the text in TextChanged event.

You can change it to meet your requirement.

        private void richTextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            int selStart = richTextBox1.SelectionStart;
            int selLength = richTextBox1.SelectionLength;
            Color selColor = richTextBox1.SelectionColor;

            if (selStart >= 5 && richTextBox1.Text.Substring(selStart - 5, 5) == "mango")
            {
                richTextBox1.SelectionStart = selStart - 5;
                richTextBox1.SelectionLength = 5;
                richTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.DarkOrange;
            }

            richTextBox1.SelectionStart = selStart;
            richTextBox1.SelectionLength = selLength;
            richTextBox1.SelectionColor = selColor;
        }

Best regards,

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Answer 8

Thanks Chester its working :)