HideCaret(IntPtr hWnd) is not working with TextBox ?

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I am using following code to hide cursor from textbox
whats wrong with that ?

C#

[DllImport("user32")]
        private static extern bool HideCaret(IntPtr hWnd);


        private void HideCaret()
        {
            if(IsHandleCreated)
                HideCaret(TextBox1.Handle);
        }

Thanks in Advance

Posted 19-Apr-10 5:34am

Khaniya

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Inherit from TextBox, override OnGotFocus method. Call HideCaret with this/Me.Handle.

Posted 20-May-13 17:31pm

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*dan!sh* · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-19T05:57:00

Solution 1

Call HideCaret in the GotFocus event handler and it should work.

Posted 19-Apr-10 5:57am

dan!sh

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Kristian Sixhøj · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-19T05:59:00

Are you calling the HideCaret method from a button's click event?
If that's the case, adding TextBox1.Select(); before the method call should fix the issue. However, there's a better solution.

When you are clicking the button (or any other control for that matter), the textbox gets deselected, which makes the caret visible again whenever the textbox gets selected (active) again. The solution might be to call HideCaret() from the textbox's GotFocus event. I don't see any way to hide the caret permanently.