Custom UI colour scheme for Windows Forms .NET

The easyest way to customise you display of your ToolStrip, MainMenu and StatusBar is to use a custom ColorTable.

Just inherit from the ProfessionalColorRenderer and override what you want, with the colors you want:

1   1:  Public Class MortgagesPlcColorTable

1   2:          Inherits ProfessionalColorTable

1   3:

1   4:          Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ButtonCheckedHighlightBorder() As System.Drawing.Color

1   5:              Get

1   6:                  Return MyBase.ButtonCheckedHighlightBorder

1   7:              End Get

1   8:          End Property

1   9:

1  10:          Public Overrides ReadOnly Property MenuItemPressedGradientMiddle() As System.Drawing.Color

1  11:              Get

1  12:                  Return Color.FromArgb(91, 91, 91)

1  13:              End Get

1  14:          End Property

1  15:

1  16:          Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ToolStripContentPanelGradientBegin() As System.Drawing.Color

1  17:              Get

1  18:                  Return Color.FromArgb(80, 80, 80)

1  19:              End Get

1  20:          End Property

1  21:

1  22:          Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ToolStripContentPanelGradientEnd() As System.Drawing.Color

1  23:              Get

1  24:                  Return Color.WhiteSmoke

1  25:              End Get

1  26:          End Property

1  27:

1  28:          Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ToolStripDropDownBackground() As System.Drawing.Color

1  29:              Get

1  30:                  Return Color.FromArgb(91, 91, 91)

1  31:              End Get

1  32:          End Property

1  33:

1  34:          Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ToolStripGradientBegin() As System.Drawing.Color

1  35:              Get

1  36:                  Return Color.FromArgb(80, 80, 80)

1  37:              End Get

1  38:          End Property

1  39:

1  40:      End Class

Once you have done this, all you need now is to add it to your contols:

1   1:          System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripManager.Renderer = New ToolStripProfessionalRenderer(New MortgagesPlc.Windows.Forms.MortgagesPlcColorTable)

All done! If you have problems you can inherit from the ToolStrip control and change the renderer in the constructor…

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