How to customize the appearance of WinForms MetroForm?
Customize the appearance of MetroForm
Appearance of the WinForms Metro Form can be customized by using the following properties.
1)BorderColor
2)CaptionBarColor
3)CaptionButtonColor
4)CaptionButtonHoverColor
5)CaptionForeColor
6)BackColor
7)CaptionFont
8)BorderThickness
9)CaptionBarHeight
10)CaptionAlign
11)CaptionVerticalAlignment
12)DropShadow
13)MetroColor
The following code example is to demonstrate the same.
C#
//To set the BorderColor of the MetroForm.
this.BorderColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.MenuHighlight;
//To set the CaptionBarColor of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionBarColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.MenuHighlight;
//To set the CaptionButtonColor of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionButtonColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
//To set the CaptionButtonHoverColor of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionButtonHoverColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;
//To set the CaptionForeColor of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
//To set the BackColor of the MetroForm.
this.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
//To set the MetroColor.
this.MetroColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.MenuHighlight;
//To set the caption font of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionFont = new Font("Segoe UI", 12);
//To set the BorderThickness of the MetroForm.
this.BorderThickness = 3;
//To set the CaptionBarHeight of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionBarHeight = 30;
//To set the CaptionAllignment of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left;
//To set the vertical alignment of the MetroForm.
this.CaptionVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top;
//To set the shadow effect of the MetroForm.
this.DropShadow = true;
VB
'To set the BorderColor of the MetroForm.
Me.BorderColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.MenuHighlight
'To set the CaptionBarColor of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionBarColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.MenuHighlight
'To set the CaptionButtonColor of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionButtonColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
'To set the CaptionButtonHoverColor of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionButtonHoverColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
'To set the CaptionForeColor of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
'To set the BackColor of the MetroForm.
Me.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
'To set the MetroColor of the MetroForm.
Me.MetroColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.MenuHighlight
'To set the BorderThickness of the MetroForm.
Me.BorderThickness = 3
'To set the CaptionBarHeight of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionBarHeight = 30
'To set the caption font of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionFont = New Font("Segoe UI", 12)
'To set the CaptionAllignment of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionAlign = System.Windows.Forms.HorizontalAlignment.Left
'To set the vertical alignment of the MetroForm.
Me.CaptionVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top
'To set the shadow effect of the MetroForm.
Me.DropShadow = True
Samples:
C#: https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/136015/MetroForm_Customization1965122579.zip
Reference link: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/metro-form/appearance
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to customize the appearance of WinForms Metro Form.
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