3-D FlatStyle is too flat!

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Jeff - 29 Sep 2004 12:48 GMT

Hi,

A System.Windows.Forms.Button with FlatStyle set to 3-D (Standard) is not
3-D enough for my application. Its hard to tell when the button is up or
down.
Users of my application need a strong visual feedback.

Does anyone know if its possible to increase a Button's border
width/thickness
without overriding the Paint event and drawing the button manually?

Thanks, Jeff

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Morten Wennevik - 29 Sep 2004 12:57 GMT

Hi Jeff,

If you plan to run your application on Windows XP or later (Windos 2003 requires XP style theme installed) you can use FlatStyle.System and put

Application.EnableVisualStyles();

before Application.Run();

The buttons won't have any larger borders, but the color changes slightly when the button is pressed.

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Happy coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

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Jeff - 29 Sep 2004 15:19 GMT

Hi Morten,

When I try your tip, I am unable to see any difference.
This may be due to the fact my button background color is blue.

Thanks for giving me something to try.

Regards, Jeff

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Sijin Joseph - 29 Sep 2004 17:58 GMT

You can look at themed buttons from the genghis project
http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/genghis

Sijin Joseph
http://www.indiangeek.net
http://weblogs.asp.net/sjoseph

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