A Windows Forms library that provides native controls with many of the advanced features.

iNKORE.UI.WinForms.Styler

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📸 Screenshots

• SampleApp

  Control	Windows 11	Windows 7
  Basic Controls AdvProgressBar AdvButton AdvComboBox AdvTextBox SplitButton CommandLink
  Data Controls AdvListView AdvTreeView
  Rebar
  TaskDialog
  TaskDialog (with command links)
  ProgressDialog
  CredentialDialog
  FolderBrowser Dialog
  ShellAbout Dialog

📃 Overview

• Controls

  • AeroForm: Base form class that automatically sets its font according to the Windows UX guidelines and supports some Aero properties.
  • AdvButton: Advanced Button class, supports icons and admin shields
  • AdvComboBox: Advanced ComboBox class, supports cue banner
  • AdvListView: Advanced ListView class, supports explorer-like style and grouping
  • AdvProgressBar: Advanced ProgressBar class, supports 3 color states and marquee mode
  • AdvTabControl: Advanced TabControl class, supports rendering correctly when using bottom alignment with a visual
  • AdvTextBox: Advanced TextBox class, supports cue banner
  • AdvTreeView: Advanced TreeView class, supports explorer-like styles, customizing HScrollBar
  • CommandLink: Native CommandLink class, with a clean, lightweight appearance that allows for descriptive labels, and are displayed with either a standard arrow or custom icon, and an optional supplemental explanation.
  • DragDropSign: A simple control with the visual style of DragDropSign
  • HorizontalPanel: A horizontal panel which resembles what is used for information and navigation in the Control Panel of Windows 7 and Vista.
  • LabeledDivider: The labeled divider provides a Aero styled divider with an optional caption, similiar to what is seen in the Control Panel dialogs of Windows 7 and Vista.
  • NavigationButton: A simple Back/Forward Button drawn by Windows via Visual Styles if available.
  • RadioButtonGroup: A list of radio buttons based on a collection of objects for easy creation of radio button groups.
  • SearchTextBox: A standard WinForms text box presenting the common Vista "search" interface.
  • Separator: The line is drawn with Visual Styles (TaskDialog > FootnoteSeperator). If running on XP or another OS, the line is drawn manually.
  • SplitButton: A button with a split dropdown menu
  • StylePanel: An enhanced panel which provides customizable visual style background
  • TabStrip: A strip bar with TabCOntrol header-like items
  • VerticalPanel: A vertical panel which resembles what is used for information and navigation in the Control Panel of Windows 7 and Vista.
  • VisibleSplitContainer: A SplitContainer with a visible grip in the separator
  • RebarWrapper: Container for native Rebar Control
  • ThemeLabel: A Label containing some text that will be drawn with glowing border on top of the Glass Sheet effect.

• Dialogs

  • ProgressDialog: Represents a dialog that can be used to report progress to the user.
  • TaskDialog: The task dialog contains an application-defined message text and title, icons, and any combination of predefined push buttons.
  • AdvOpenFileDialog: Prompts the user to open a file.
  • AdvSaveFileDialog: Prompts the user to select a location for saving a file.
  • CredentialDialog: Represents a dialog box that allows the user to enter generic credentials.
  • ShellAboutDialog: Shows a dialog with windows system detials
  • VistaFolderBrowserDialog: Prompts the user to select a folder.

References

• https://github.com/LorenzCK/WindowsFormsAero
• https://github.com/dahall/AeroWizard
• https://github.com/ookii-dialogs/ookii-dialogs-winforms