The original from: WP Tutorial network
Principle: When you lose focus and get focus, determine if the text value is empty or is the same as the watermark value, and then modify the text and foreground in the TextBox.
The code is as follows:
/* ==============================================================================
2 * Class Name: Watermarktextbox
3 * Class Description:
4 * Creator: Neoyee
5 * Creation time: 2014/2/25 17:24:11
6 * Modification of person:
7 * Modification Time:
8 * Modify NOTES:
9 * @version 1.0
10 * ==============================================================================*/
Using System;
Using System.Collections.Generic;
Using System.Linq;
Using System.Text;
Using System.Threading.Tasks;
Using System.Windows;
Using System.Windows.Controls;
Using System.Windows.Media;
Using Windows.ui;
Namespace WP8. Controls
{
public sealed class Watermarktextbox:textbox
{
private static readonly DependencyProperty Watermarktextproperty =
Dependencyproperty.register ("Watermarktext", typeof (String), typeof (Watermarktextbox), new PropertyMetadata (string . Empty, New Propertychangedcallback (watermarktextchanged));
private static readonly DependencyProperty Watermarkforegroundproperty =
Dependencyproperty.register ("Watermarkforeground", typeof (SolidColorBrush), typeof (Watermarktextbox), new PropertyMetadata (New SolidColorBrush (Colors.black)));
private static readonly DependencyProperty Watermarkbackgroundproperty =
Dependencyproperty.register ("Watermarkbackground", typeof (SolidColorBrush), typeof (Watermarktextbox), new PropertyMetadata (New SolidColorBrush (Colors.white)));
private static readonly DependencyProperty Normalforegroundproperty =
Dependencyproperty.register ("Normalforeground", typeof (SolidColorBrush), typeof (Watermarktextbox), new PropertyMetadata (New SolidColorBrush (Colors.black), normalforegroundpropertychanged));
private static readonly DependencyProperty Normalbackgroundproperty =
Dependencyproperty.register ("Normalbackground", typeof (SolidColorBrush), typeof (Watermarktextbox), new PropertyMetadata (New SolidColorBrush (Colors.white)));
private static void Normalforegroundpropertychanged (DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
var watermarktextbox = obj as Watermarktextbox;
if (Watermarktextbox! = null)
Watermarktextbox.normalforegroundchanged ((SolidColorBrush) args. NewValue);
}
private void Normalforegroundchanged (SolidColorBrush value)
{
Foreground = value;
}
Public SolidColorBrush Normalbackground
{
get {return (SolidColorBrush) GetValue (normalbackgroundproperty);}
set {SetValue (Normalbackgroundproperty, value);}
}
Public SolidColorBrush Normalforeground
{
get {return (SolidColorBrush) GetValue (normalforegroundproperty);}
set {SetValue (Normalforegroundproperty, value);}
}
Public SolidColorBrush Watermarkbackground
{
get {return (SolidColorBrush) GetValue (watermarkbackgroundproperty);}
set {SetValue (Watermarkbackgroundproperty, value);}
}
Public SolidColorBrush Watermarkforeground
{
get {return (SolidColorBrush) GetValue (watermarkforegroundproperty);}
set {SetValue (Watermarkforegroundproperty, value);}
}
public string Watermarktext
{
get {return (string) GetValue (Watermarktextproperty);}
set {SetValue (Watermarktextproperty, value);}
}
Public Watermarktextbox ()
{
This. LostFocus + = Watermarktextbox_lostfocus;
This. GotFocus + = Watermarktextbox_gotfocus;
This. TextChanged + = watermarktextbox_textchanged;
if (string. IsNullOrEmpty (this. Text))
{
This. Text = Watermarktext;
Foreground = Watermarkforeground;
}
}
void Watermarktextbox_textchanged (object sender, Textchangedeventargs e)
{
if (Text = = Watermarktext)
{
This. Text = Watermarktext;
Foreground = Watermarkforeground;
}
else if (Text! = watermarktext)
{
Foreground = Normalforeground;
}
}
private static void Watermarktextchanged (DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs args)
{
((Watermarktextbox) obj). Watermarktextchanged (args. OldValue, args. NewValue);
}
private void Watermarktextchanged (object OldValue, Object NewValue)
{
}
void Watermarktextbox_gotfocus (object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (this. Text = = Watermarktext && Foreground = = watermarkforeground)
{
This. Text = string. Empty;
Foreground = Normalforeground;
}
}
void Watermarktextbox_lostfocus (object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (string. IsNullOrEmpty (this. Text) | | Text = = Watermarktext)
{
This. Text = Watermarktext;
Foreground = Watermarkforeground;
}
}
}
}
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