How do you implement default text for a search box in WPF?

Question

I want to implement something exactly like \"Changing the Default Text in the Search Box\" for a WPF search TextBox. The box should show some greyed out \"Search..\" text wh

Answer 1

The best way I think for these types of things is to set the background using a visual brush. The visual brush lets you paint a background using Visual Elements, combine it with a trigger based on text being empty and it's done.

Example for Empty List Box message is here, basically the same thing. http://adammills.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/simple-empty-template-for-itemscontrols/