WinForms Form Control | Highly Customizable

Overview

The WinForms Form control is a window control that allows the complete customization of its appearance and the loading of any custom user interface in the title bar to perform the customized operations. The portion of text in the title bar can be formatted by using Rich Text Formatting (RTF). Its rich, built-in feature set includes an MDI form, title bar height customization, shadow effect, and appearance customization.

appearance customization of windows forms form

Appearance

Each element of the WinForms form control can be customized including the title bar and border.

Appearance Documentation

titlebar customization of windows forms form

Title Bar Customization

The appearance of the form component’s title bar can be customized by changing the background and foreground colors of the text and buttons. Options are available to show or hide the help button, close button, minimize button and maximize button. Any user control can be loaded as the title bar in the form.

MDI form support of windows forms form

MDI Form

The form provides support to add an MDI child form and allows the appearance of the child forms to be customized.

MDI Form Documentation

Built-in Themes

The WinForms form control provides built-in theme support to adapt the control to the rest of the business application. The following themes are supported,

Office 2016 (black, white, dark gray, and colorful)
Office 2019 colorful
High contrast

black theme applied in winforms form control

Accessibility

Built-in accessibility support allows the form to be used in applications for a wide variety of users.

WinForms Form Code Example

Easily get started with the WinForms Form using a few simple lines of C# code example as demonstrated below. Also explore our WinForms Form Example that shows you how to render and configure the WinForms Form.

c#
using Syncfusion.WinForms.Controls;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : SfForm
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

Frequently Asked Questions

✅ Why should you choose Syncfusion WinForms Form?

The Syncfusion WinForms Form provides the following:

Easily load any custom intuitive UI in the title bar to perform customized operations.
Format the portion of text in the title bar easily by using Rich Text Formatting (RTF).
Users can design the form with MDI support.
Height of the title bar can be customized.
One of the best WinForms Form components in the market that offers a feature-rich UI.
Simple configuration and API.
Touch friendly and responsive.
Extensive demos and documentation to learn quickly and get started with WinForms Form.

✅ Where can I find the Syncfusion WinForms Form demo?

You can find our WinForms Form demo on

GitHub location.

✅ Can I download and utilize the Syncfusion WinForms Form for free?

No, this is a commercial product and requires a paid license. However, a free community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue, 5 or fewer developers, and 10 or fewer total employees.

✅ How do I get started with Syncfusion WinForms Form?

A good place to start would be our comprehensive getting started documentation.

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The complete component set

It is the most complete component set available. Also very handy is the fact that there is a community edition, this gives me the opportunity to test thing at home without buying a separate license.