Text boxes

Text boxes are used for user input and to show output. Text boxes are easy, useful, and used often.

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Text Box properties

Alignment Determines whether the text in the text box is centered, toward the right or left
BorderStyle Determines what the border of the text box looks like
Enabled Determines if the text box is useable or not
Font Determines what the font is
ForeColor Determines the Text box's font color
Locked Determines if the user can write in the text box or not
MaxLength Determines how much text the text box can hold, you won't be able to type more then the max value
Multiline Determines if the text box has a single line or multiple lines to write in
PasswordChar Determines if the text is masked with the character (letter/number/symble) you specify so no one can see what the user is typing
ScrollBars Determines if it has scrollbars so you can scroll
TabStop Determines if the control gets focus by pressing tab
TabIndex The order the control gets focus
Text What the text will be in the text box, which is usually left blank

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