This is an ultimate solution to set the border color of a TextBox:
public class BorderedTextBox : UserControl
{
TextBox textBox;
public BorderedTextBox()
{
textBox = new TextBox()
{
BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle,
Location = new Point(-1, -1),
Anchor = AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom |
AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right
};
Control container = new ContainerControl()
{
Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
Padding = new Padding(-1)
};
container.Controls.Add(textBox);
this.Controls.Add(container);
DefaultBorderColor = SystemColors.ControlDark;
FocusedBorderColor = Color.Red;
BackColor = DefaultBorderColor;
Padding = new Padding(1);
Size = textBox.Size;
}
public Color DefaultBorderColor { get; set; }
public Color FocusedBorderColor { get; set; }
public override string Text
{
get { return textBox.Text; }
set { textBox.Text = value; }
}
protected override void OnEnter(EventArgs e)
{
BackColor = FocusedBorderColor;
base.OnEnter(e);
}
protected override void OnLeave(EventArgs e)
{
BackColor = DefaultBorderColor;
base.OnLeave(e);
}
protected override void SetBoundsCore(int x, int y,
int width, int height, BoundsSpecified specified)
{
base.SetBoundsCore(x, y, width, textBox.PreferredHeight, specified);
}
}