How do you remove the caret and prevent selection of text in a textbox?

>> remove the caret
What exactly do you mean with this ?

To prevent select: textBox1.ReadOnly = true;

Better use Enabled = false. Readonly will still allow selection of text.

textBox1.Enabled = false; to be exact.

asimnazir123:

I don't want to disable the text box as I want to be able to change the font colour.

Dhaest:

By caret I mean hide the blinking cursor that appears in the text box on focus or when the user selects text.

I just created this small function.
This will set the focus to the next control, so you can't select anything

private void textBox1_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Control x = GetNextControl(sender as Control, true);
            if (x == null)
                if ((sender as Control).Parent.Controls[0] != sender as Control)
                    (sender as Control).Parent.Controls[0].Focus();
                else
                    (sender as Control).Parent.Controls[1].Focus();
            else
                x.Focus();
               
        }

Select allOpen in new window

Otherwise, label is the best option - as suggest by Axshun

To me this will do:

private void textBox1_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            textBox1.TabStop = false;
            this.SelectNextControl(this.GetNextControl(textBox1, true), true, false, true, true);
        }

Dhaest, asimnazir123

I shall try the functions and get back to you.