Selecting and cursors in Label and TextBox controls

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Teis Draiby - 21 Dec 2004 08:17 GMT

Two simple questions:

Can I make text in a Label control selectable (in an easy way)?
or
Can I make the blinking cursor in a TextBox control disappear, while
maintaining selectability?

Merry Cristmas,
Teis

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 21 Dec 2004 12:38 GMT

"Teis Draiby" <teisREMOVE-THIS@draiby.com> schrieb:

> Can I make text in a Label control selectable (in an easy way)?

You cannot select the label's text.

> Can I make the blinking cursor in a TextBox control disappear, while
> maintaining selectability?

Typically, read-only textboxes are archieved by setting their 'ReadOnly'
property to 'True'. This won't hide the blinking caret when the control has
focus. Notice that the caret is visible to assist the user when selecting
text using the keyboard.

What's the reason for hiding the caret?

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Teis Draiby - 21 Dec 2004 13:15 GMT

Thank you very much for answering my question(s)!

> What's the reason for hiding the caret?

The caret indicates to the user that the text is editable, which it is not
in my case. It is only selectable.
(Similar to web pages (no caret) where the content is read-only but still
selectable)

regards, Teis

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