WindowsForms-docs/WindowsForms/Numeric-TextBox/Appearance.md

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Fore color for positive, negative and zero color

SfNumericTextBox UI can be customized with the following properties. It helps in differentiating the values easily.

• NegativeForeColor – Assign the foreground color to the control, when Value is negative.
• PositiveForeColor - Assign the foreground color to the control, when Value is positive.
• ZeroForeColor - Assign the foreground color to the control, when Value is zero.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight C# %}

this.numericTextBox.Style.PositiveForeColor = Color.Green; this.numericTextBox.Style.NegativeForeColor = Color.Red; this.numericTextBox.Style.ZeroForeColor = Color.Blue;

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight VB %}

Me.numericTextBox.Style.PositiveForeColor = Color.Green Me.numericTextBox.Style.NegativeForeColor = Color.Red Me.numericTextBox.Style.ZeroForeColor = Color.Blue

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

WatermarkForeColor

Assign the fore color to the watermark text using the WatermarkForeColor property. The Watermark text will be displayed in the control when the Value is null.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight C# %}

this.numericTextBox.Style.WatermarkForeColor = Color.IndianRed;

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight VB %}

Me.numericTextBox.Style.WatermarkForeColor = Color.IndianRed

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}

BorderColor

We can customize the UI of the control by changing border color in different states like Focus, Disabled and mouse hover. The properties available to customize are

• BorderColor- Assign the border color to the control.
• FocusBorderColor - Assign the border color to the control, when the control gets its focus.
• HoverBorderColor - Assign the border color to the control, when the mouse is hover on it.
• DisabledBorderColor - Assign the border color to the control, when the control gets disabled.

Note :

BorderColor, FocusBorderColor, DisabledBorderColor and HoverBorderColor will be applied only when BorderStyle property set as “FixedSingle”.

{% tabs %}

{% highlight C# %}

this.numericTextBox.Style.BorderColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#ababab"); this.numericTextBox.Style.FocusBorderColor = SystemColors.MenuHighlight; this.numericTextBox.Style.HoverBorderColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#e5c365");

{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight VB %}

Me.numericTextBox.Style.BorderColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#ababab") Me.numericTextBox.Style.FocusBorderColor = SystemColors.MenuHighlight Me.numericTextBox.Style.HoverBorderColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#e5c365")

{% endhighlight %}

{% endtabs %}