Read-only textbox in C#

Question

In C#, I am creating a form window for a LAN messenger with two textboxes. I need to create a particular textbox as read-only, but any text submitted to it is appearing grey which is not desirable. Is there any way that can be prevented?

Answer 1

I would use a Textbox and set ReadOnly to true, ForeColor to Color.Black, and BackColor to Color.White. This way you can still select the text and copy it with Ctrl-C.

Answer 2

You could replace it with a label or on the text box in the KeyPress event, set handled to true:

void  textBox1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
    e.Handled = true;
}