How to make a CheckBox unselectable?

Question

I was wondering how you make a CheckBox unselectable in c#? I thought it would be something like SetSelectable (false) or something but I can\'t seem to see th

Answer 1

You can set the Enabled property to false:

checkBox1.Enabled = false;

Answer 2

In response to some comments about grayed out label: Set the Text of the CheckBox to the empty string, Enableto false and use a Label for the text.

Drawback: No mnemonic support out of the box.

Answer 3

You can create one by using following code

public class ReadOnlyCheckBox : System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
{
        private bool readOnly;

        protected override void OnClick(EventArgs e)
        {
                // pass the event up only if its not readlonly
                if (!ReadOnly) base.OnClick(e);
        }

        public bool ReadOnly
        {
                get { return readOnly; }
                set { readOnly = value; }
        }
}

or also you can handle the checked change event and always set it back to value you want

Answer 4

Leverage a simple Label using a glyph like this for its Text: ✔ checkBox1.

Answer 5

AutoCheck doesn't exist in UWP but I think you can use IsTapEnabled = false.

Answer 6

You can set the Enabled property to false