How can I make a custom button like in the image below? I searched on Google about custom control, but this is more special, is animated...
I know that on StackOoverflow are more questions like mine, but it is not a duplicate, I want to learn more about this particular button.
It is a button for WinForms.
you can create these buttons with GDI+ in C#,for example look at this one
On Windows form these buttons are made using the BackgroundImage Property of Button Control.
All you need is to toggle the background image on events like Click,OnMouseEnter etc.
This is not a custom control, this is CSS
Have a look at this, http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/css_square_buttons/
You should possibly read something about gif-animation, jquery animation or css3 transitions to be able to animate backgrounds of such element
Related
I want to create a custom tooltip, with a different style so that when I click on a control (for example a label or a user-control) it appears.
Something similar to what Google does in Google Maps for coordinates.
I tried to create a user-control and show it when user clicked on a label, but it didn't work well.
It is WinForms!
I attached a picture of what I want. Thank you in advance!
Use a standard ToolTip but override the painting method so it can appear as you want it, while still behaving like a normal tool tip.
Haven't done this before so I can't provide an example.
EDIT: here is an example: http://cboard.cprogramming.com/csharp-programming/119414-custom-tooltip.html
I have my current program disabling a tabControl on startup until a button is pressed. However I don't like the way that the tab looks when it is grayed out.
I want it to look just the same but still have it disabled. Is there a way that I can do this?
You'll need to draw the TabControl yourself to achieve this. Here's a tutorial on CodeProject.com.
Unfortunately, it takes some time to achieve it but that's up to you of course.
Instead of drawing the TabControl yourself, maybe you could disable the controls on the TabPage instead?
If you're using WPF, you can use templates to customize your disabled style. Please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754137.aspx
Notice the visual states for disabled controls, etc.
I'm trying to style some wpf user controls to make them look the same i have in my web application. I found some really great example for every control i need except for sliders and radio buttons.
Here is how they should look like:
Slider:
Radio Button:
I know i should create some ControlTemplate but i don't really know where to start...
If you can provide a complete example it would be perfect, but i guess that even some good deep advise would fit my needs.
Thank you 1000!
I have style sample here. It renders this:
I would start with Control Styles and Templates on MSDN pages. There are examples for most controls which give a good overview of how the control template works. Also you can extract/download the original control template and try to make your changes to it. Download default control templates
P.S. Actually the slider example on the first link resembles the one you describe.
Try using Expression Blend.
Learn Expression
and specifically this video: Creating ControlTemplates.
Expression Blend is something like a XAML design application - you can size, colour, adjust fill and stroke etc on all the elements in a control. It takes a little while to get used to, but you will be able to design controls with a graphical UI and Expression will provide you with the appropriate XAML to use in your project.
I am trying to develop a custom radio button that looks like a two-option button control that looks somewhat as shown below with toggling of highlighted state. Not sure where to start.
Is there any such controls already available that I can use.
OK, here is a brief overview of what you will need to do ...
Firstly, you will need to change the ControlTemplate for the existing RadioButton control. There are lots of tutorials available that describe this,, for example this one.
Replace the standard template with some suitable markup for your illustration above. Perhaps a two column Grid?
Within each Grid cell add a Rectangle, one behind Option1, and the other behind Option2
Use the VisualStateManager to change the Fill property of each Rectangle based on the controls current VisualState. i.e. when Pressed toggle the background colours.
The steps above should help you achieve your goal. Please read the linked web pages and the Silverlight documentation. If you are still struggling after that,, come back and ask another question.
Hey I was just wondering the techniques everyone uses to style radio buttons in winForms. I find them very plain, and would like to add some color or different images for the controls. The only way I can think of is to actually use a button that looks like a radiobutton, and set it to true or false.
Just wondering if there is a way I can do this, but still use the radio control.
Here is the RadioButton MSDN.
Here you can see that you can, like many Controls :
change the Button Apparence.
change the Button Color.
change the Button BackGroundImage.
There are many options to create your CustomRadioButton.
Here are two links which you can use to customize your controls
http://www.devexpress.com
http://www.dotnetskin.net