Making certain things uneditable in my control/indicator.

[LeroyBogz]

Hi!

Hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.

I'm trying to emulate a terminal-type look and feel, but want to make my >> cursor portion undeletable. Please see attached picture. Can someone hint at the right philosophical approach for getting this done? I'm sure I can do it, but I want to do it the right way.

Thanks in advance.

[ben64]

Use a table control and put the prompt in the row header. Right click on the table control and make sure that Editable headers is unchecked. You can customize the table control to look like a terminal.

Ben64

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

Use a plain string indicator and use key-down events to accept printable characters.

[LeroyBogz]

Thanks, knight of NI. You live up to your name.

I ended up adding a keydown case, as well as a keyrepeat case. My solution attached.

LB