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Balraj Singh
Balraj Singh

Reputation: 3471

Windows 8 XAMl C# add watermark to textbox?

How can i add watermark to textbox in WINRT XAML C# code for Windows 8 application. There is a direct property for tooltip but same is not for Watermark so what is the shortest and efficient way to implement this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4307

Answers (3)

Filip Skakun
Filip Skakun

Reputation: 31724

You could also use the WatermarkTextBox from the WinRT XAML Toolkit for out of the box solution. You could also implement one as an attached behavior using a Popup or by injecting a watermark TextBlock (or any other watermark UIElement) into the visual tree of the TextBox (though that is not supported by the Toolkit... yet).

Upvotes: 2

pashaplus
pashaplus

Reputation: 3706

  • Goto ManageNugetPacageManager -> search for Winrt Xaml Toolkit -> then install the winrt xaml toolkit

  • then goto xaml page where you want to add watermark textbox

  • Then define the below namespace to xaml page xmlns:local="using:WinRTXamlToolkit.Controls"

  • then goto the position where you want to add watermarktextbox add this following line below <local:WatermarkTextBox WatermarkText="MyWaterMarkText" />

i hope it works for you!

Upvotes: 6

akton
akton

Reputation: 14386

Fill a control with the watermark you want to display, such as an Image control, place a TextBox over it (such as by putting them both in a grid with the same Row and Column) and set the Background to Brushes.Transparent.

See Set background color of WPF Textbox in C# code for more information on Brushes and setting the TextBox pacground.

Upvotes: 2

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