How to disable cursor in textbox?

Question

Is there any way to disable cursor in textbox without setting property Enable to false? I was trying to use ReadOnly property but despite the fact that I can't write in textbox, the cursor appears if I click the textbox. So is there any way to get rid of this cursor permamently?

Answer 1

In C#, you can use the following read-only textbox:

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);     } }