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.NET Forum / Windows Forms / WinForm General / February 2007GroupBox and/or Tab Control Font Colours
From all the control properties I have seen, there isn't a way of changing the font colour for GroupBox titles and TabPage titles. Is there any way around this? Would it be possible to clone the control and modify it or are the colours inherited from the OS colour schemes? I have no idea how to make custom controls by the way. Any tips would be great. Thanks :o) When using Visual Styles the forecolor is set by the current Theme. It is possible to Inherit the controls and draw them as you wish. Groupbox is relatively simple to modify, but TabControl is much more complex. If you're not averse to using free third party controls, then you can download TabControlEx from my site. The dll also includes GroupBoxEx(supports Transparent Background) which I have just modified to allow a custom forecolor with VisualStyles. http://www.dotnetrix.co.uk/controls.html If you want to attempt to create a custom TabControl then you will find several tips on my site: http://www.dotnetrix.co.uk/tabcontrols.html ...and some nice examples on codeproject: http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/flattabcontrol.asp http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/CustomTabControl.asp  SignatureMick Doherty http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html > From all the control properties I have seen, there isn't a way of changing > the font colour for GroupBox titles and TabPage titles. Is there any way [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > make > custom controls by the way. Any tips would be great. Thanks :o) Thanks for the reply Mick. I'm not fussed about the Tab Control font. The GroupBox is essential however. I had a bit of a surf for info on either how to modify the groupbox title font colour or overriding the inheritance. All I found were other controls that other people had created. I'd rather not use 3rd party controls. In order to change the font colour, am I able to do it through the Marshal using unmanaged code (rather not go down that path) or will I have to clone the control and make my own 3rd party control with an altered font colour? I read a few things about intercepting the renderer using the drawing event for controls and changing the colour of the "brush" the engine is using while it draws the group box border and title text. Is that the most "thread" safe way to do it? Links to documentation about most commonly used techniques would be fantastic. Thanks again Mick There's a quick and simple way to get the desired effect: Set the Groupbox.Text to "" Place a label over the groupbox where the caption would have been. You could also just Paint over the top of the existing caption in the groupbox's Paint() method. This all assumes that you are using VS2002\2003, as VS2005 allows Visual Styles with FlatStyle.Standard. The reason VS2003 does not allow a custom caption color is that the control must use FlatStyle.System in order to be painted with Visual Styles and, therefore, uses System Colors for the caption. I should have mentioned this earlier. SignatureMick Doherty http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html > Thanks for the reply Mick. I'm not fussed about the Tab Control font. The > GroupBox is essential however. I had a bit of a surf for info on either [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Thanks again Mick Yes I am using .Net 2005. I'll have a look into the Paint() method. I suspected that the caption was inheriting System Colours. Thanks again :o) > Yes I am using .Net 2005. I'll have a look into the Paint() method. I > suspected that the caption was inheriting System Colours. Thanks again :o) In .net 2005, you should just set FlatStyle.Standard. The Groupbox should then paint the caption using whatever ForeColor you set. SignatureMick Doherty http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html I found the "problem". I was creating a TabControl just with the design interface. I was messing around with properties to see what I could get the control to look like before writing code that dynamically creates controls during runtime. I set the fore colour of the TabPage to white. When I created a group box within that tab page, it inherited the fore colour of the parent but the caption text was still blue. I guess I was so tired when I was messing around with it that I didn't try to change the fore colour of the group box. Once you change it in the properties window, the text changes colour. Seems the inheritance doesn't work. Thanks again :o) Could try XTabControl from http://www.springsys.com -j 17DD4827BB2A@microsoft.com... > From all the control properties I have seen, there isn't a way of changing > the font colour for GroupBox titles and TabPage titles. Is there any way [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > make > custom controls by the way. Any tips would be great. Thanks :o) Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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