Properties to set on the GroupView control to make it look like the XP TaskBar list
Setting the following non-default properties will make the GroupView control similar in appearance and behavior to the Windows XP TaskBar List:
C#
this.groupView1.SmallImageView = true;
this.groupView1.BackColor = ControlPaint.LightLight(System.Drawing.Color.LightSteelBlue);
this.groupView1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.RoyalBlue;
this.groupView1.HighlightTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue;
this.groupView1.SelectingTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue;
this.groupView1.SelectedTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue;
this.groupView1.SelectedHighlightTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue;
this.groupView1.ImageSpacing = 2;
this.groupView1.ItemXSpacing = 8;
this.groupView1.ItemYSpacing = 5;
this.groupView1.HighlightImage = false;
this.groupView1.HighlightText = false;
this.groupView1.TextUnderline = true;
this.groupView1.TextWrap = true;
VB
Me.groupView1.SmallImageView = True
Me.groupView1.BackColor = ControlPaint.LightLight(System.Drawing.Color.LightSteelBlue)
Me.groupView1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.RoyalBlue
Me.groupView1.HighlightTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue
Me.groupView1.SelectingTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue
Me.groupView1.SelectedTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue
Me.groupView1.SelectedHighlightTextColor = System.Drawing.Color.DeepSkyBlue
Me.groupView1.ImageSpacing = 2
Me.groupView1.ItemXSpacing = 8
Me.groupView1.ItemYSpacing = 5
Me.groupView1.HighlightImage = False
Me.groupView1.HighlightText = False
Me.groupView1.TextUnderline = True
Me.groupView1.TextWrap = True