AcrylicTextBox

AcrylicTextBox is a text box control providing AcrylicUI styling. It replaces the standard System.Windows.Forms.TextBox and includes support for placeholder text.

Basic Usage

Add AcrylicTextBox to your form, set its initial Text or PlaceholderText, and handle text change events or retrieve the entered text via the Text property.

using AcrylicUI.Controls;
using AcrylicUI.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Drawing;

public partial class MyForm : AcrylicForm
{
    private AcrylicTextBox txtName;
    private AcrylicTextBox txtNotes;

    public MyForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        txtName = new AcrylicTextBox
        {
            Location = new Point(20, 50),
            Width = 200,
            PlaceholderText = "Enter item name..." // Display hint when empty
        };
        Controls.Add(txtName);

        txtNotes = new AcrylicTextBox
        {
            Location = new Point(20, txtName.Bottom + 10),
            Size = new Size(300, 100),
            Multiline = true, // Enable multiple lines
            ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical, // Add scrollbars if needed
            PlaceholderText = "Enter notes here..."
        };
        Controls.Add(txtNotes);

        // Handle text changes (optional)
        txtName.TextChanged += TxtName_TextChanged;
    }

    private void TxtName_TextChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        // Respond to text changes in the name box
        string currentName = txtName.Text;
        // ... 
    }

    private void SaveData()
    {
        string nameValue = txtName.Text;
        string notesValue = txtNotes.Text;
        // ... use the values ...
    }
}

Key Properties

• Text: Gets or sets the current text in the text box.
• PlaceholderText: Gets or sets the text that is displayed when the control has no text and does not have the focus.
• Multiline: Gets or sets a value indicating whether this is a multiline text box.
• ScrollBars: Gets or sets which scroll bars should appear in a multiline text box (None, Horizontal, Vertical, Both).
• ReadOnly: Gets or sets a value indicating whether text can be edited.
• PasswordChar: Gets or sets the character used to mask characters in a single-line text box.
• MaxLength: Gets or sets the maximum number of characters the user can type.
• TextAlign: Gets or sets how text is aligned.

Events

• TextChanged: Occurs when the Text property value changes.
• Standard control events like KeyDown, KeyPress, KeyUp, Enter, Leave.

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See also: Example Form Form7_ListItems.cs