Is there a simple way to have elements on a form keep updating even after I click on Windows Show Desktop? The following code updates the value in textBox1 until I click on Windows Show Desktop (Windows 10 - click on the bottom right of the screen). I prefer not to use Application.DoEvents().
void Button1Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int n = 0;
while(true) {
textBox1.Text = n++.ToString();
textBox1.Refresh();
Update();
// Application.DoEvents();
Thread.Sleep(200);
}
}
Using Thread.Sleep blocks the current thread (UI thread); you can fix it like this:
private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int n = 0;
while (true)
{
textBox1.Text = n++.ToString();
await Task.Delay(200);
}
}