Watermark TextBox in WinForms

Question

Can anyone point me to a good implementation of a basic Windows Forms TextBox that will initially show watermark text that disappears when the cursor enters it? I think I ca

Answer 1

Using WinForms on .NET Core:

This has been greatly simplified in .NET Core. You can directly add placeholder text by modifying the new PlaceholderText Property of the TextBox.

public virtual string PlaceholderText { get; set; }

Note that you would probably still have to edit the ForeColor if you want to get a colored Placeholder Text. The PlaceholderText field is visible when the Text field is null or empty.