How to change the background color of a rich text box when it is disabled?

Question

Whenever I set the RichTextBox.Enabled property to false, its background color is automatically set to gray as it is set to the color in system color which is s

Answer 1

Take a look at DrawStringDisabled Method . You will have to override OnPaint method and then use DrawStringDisabled method. But, if I was at your place then I will go with Mikael Svenson's answer.