Windows 8 XAMl C# add watermark to textbox?

Question

How can i add watermark to textbox in WINRT XAML C# code for Windows 8 application. There is a direct property for tooltip but same is not for Watermark so what is the shortest and efficient way to implement this?

Answer 1

• Goto ManageNugetPacageManager -> search for Winrt Xaml Toolkit -> then install the winrt xaml toolkit

• then goto xaml page where you want to add watermark textbox

• Then define the below namespace to xaml page xmlns:local="using:WinRTXamlToolkit.Controls"

• then goto the position where you want to add watermarktextbox add this following line below <local:WatermarkTextBox WatermarkText="MyWaterMarkText" />

i hope it works for you!

Answer 2

Fill a control with the watermark you want to display, such as an Image control, place a TextBox over it (such as by putting them both in a grid with the same Row and Column) and set the Background to Brushes.Transparent.

See Set background color of WPF Textbox in C# code for more information on Brushes and setting the TextBox pacground.

Answer 3

You could also use the WatermarkTextBox from the WinRT XAML Toolkit for out of the box solution. You could also implement one as an attached behavior using a Popup or by injecting a watermark TextBlock (or any other watermark UIElement) into the visual tree of the TextBox (though that is not supported by the Toolkit... yet).