How to support the visual style appearance in Syncfusion WinForms controls?

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Visual style

Almost all the Syncfusion controls are supported by Visual Styles. You can make use of the following demo for your reference.

Show visual style demo

Figure 1: Visual Style Demo

The following code example shows Visual Styles specified for the list controls.

//Specifies the Visual Style as Metro.
this.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro;
this.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Metro;
this.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro;
this.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.Metro;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.UseVisualStyle = true;
this.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro;
this.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Metro;
// Specifies the Visual Style as Office2007.
this.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2007;
this.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.Office2007;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.UseVisualStyle = true;
this.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2007;
// Specifies the Visual Style as Office2010.
this.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2010;
this.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.Office2010;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.UseVisualStyle = true;
this.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2010;
//Specifies the Visual Style as Default.
this.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default;
this.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Default;
this.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default;
this.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default;
this.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.None;
this.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default;
this.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Default;

'Specifies the Visual Style as Metro.
Me.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro
Me.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Metro
Me.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro
Me.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.Metro
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.UseVisualStyle = True
Me.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro
Me.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Metro
'Specifies the Visual Style as Office2007.
Me.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2007
Me.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.Office2007
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.UseVisualStyle = True
Me.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2007
'Specifies the Visual Style as Office2010.
Me.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2010
Me.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.Office2010
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.UseVisualStyle = True
Me.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Office2010
'Specifies the Visual Style as Default.
Me.comboBoxAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default
Me.comboBoxAutoComplete1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Default
Me.comboBoxBase1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default
Me.comboDropDown1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default
Me.multiSelectionComboBox1.ButtonStyle = ButtonAppearance.None
Me.multiColumnComboBox1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default
Me.fontComboBox1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.ThemedComboBoxStyles.Default

Note:

You can also specify the Visual Styles for all the Syncfusion controls. Refer to the attached sample to specify the Visual Style to the controls.

Visual style specified as Metro