Is there any difference between WPF TextBlock and TextBox?
textblock, textbox, wpf
Solution
Common to both TextBlocks and TextBoxes:
- Can be used to display text
- Can be set to specific Height and Width or be set to Auto so that they grow in size with the text.
- Can set font size, font type, font styling, to wrap and to range left, right or centred.
- Can have opacity set and have Pixel Shaders applied.
TextBlock:
- Used for displaying text more focused typographically.
- Can contain text set to different colors, fonts and sizes.
- The line height can also be increased from the default setting to give more space between each line of text.
- Text inside a TextBlock cannot be made selectable by the user.
TextBox:
- Used for displaying text more focused for content input or when content is needed to be made selectable by the user.
- Can only be set to one colour, one font size, one font type etc.
- Have fixed Line Spacing.
- Can also be set to a fixed height and width but also have scrollbars switched on to allow content to expand.
Problem
What criteria must I consider when selecting one of these two controls?