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Custom UI colour scheme for Windows Forms .NET

Learn how to customize your Windows Forms UI with a unique color scheme using .NET. Enhance your application’s look effortlessly with our step-by-step guide!

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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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