C# How to Disable Cursor in Textbox?

Royce Roy 14540 14 Nov 2013

Hi Guys

I have a read only textbox in my winform application and I want to disable the cursor. How to do it?

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Updated 14 Nov 2013

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Pravesh Singh 14 Nov 2013

Hi Royce,

public class ReadOnlyTextBox : TextBox
{
   
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
    static extern bool HideCaret(IntPtr hWnd);
    public ReadOnlyTextBox()
    {
        this.ReadOnly = true;
        this.BackColor = Color.White;
        this.GotFocus += TextBoxGotFocus;
        this.Cursor = Cursors.Arrow; // mouse cursor like in other controls
    }
    private void TextBoxGotFocus(object sender, EventArgs args)
    {
       
HideCaret(this.Handle);
    }
}

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