Hide caret in WPF TextBox

Question

Is there a way to hide the cursor in a WPF textbox? I know there is Cursor="None" but that only affects the mouse cursor. I want to hide the "text cursor".

Answer 1

Caret is the current insert position in a text editor. Cursor is the shape of the mouse cursor.

There is no way to disable the caret in a read-write TextBox. Instead, change the CaretBrush to be transparent.

TextBox txt = ...;
// Hide the caret.
txt.CaretBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 0, 0));
// Show the caret.
txt.CaretBrush = null;  // use default Brush

Answer 2

You can colour the cursor the same colour as the background or Transparent using the TextBox.CaretBrush property.