[Gambas-user] Watermark on text box

[Tobias Boege]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
> Am 10.02.2015 14:03, schrieb Yahoo:
> > Hi Benoit,
> >
> > Do you think if it's possible to add feature in text box object like a text as a king of help displayed into the textbook in light grey for example when this one is empty. As soon something is entered into the textbook, this text could disappear.
> >
> > It could be very useful to help the user of a software to know what do enter in some fields
> >
> 
> Or even simpler: set Background and Foreground colors appropriately and 
> give the help text as default text for the Textbox. Then wait for the 
> first letter to be typed or a mouse click into the textbox, delete the 
> default text, set Background and Foreground to standard values and start 
> with the typed text.
> 

Forgive me but that sounds awfully hack-y.

Attached is a cleaner approach to it. It is also published on the farm
server, if you prefer to get it this way.

Regards,
Tobi

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"There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk
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