Class ButtonAdv

Represents a ButtonAdv control with advanced customization options on background, text, and border etc.

Inheritance

System.Object

ButtonAdv

BackStageButton

ColorPickerButton

ScrollbarButton

RoundedButton

AccessoriesButton

ButtonEditChildButton

CustomButtonRenderer

MonthCalendarButton

CustomButton

Implements

IThemeProvider

IVisualStyle

ISupportOffice2007Theme

ISupportThemeChanged

System.Windows.Forms.IMessageFilter

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms

Assembly: Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll

Syntax

public class ButtonAdv : Button, IThemeProvider, IVisualStyle, ISupportOffice2007Theme, ISupportThemeChanged, IMessageFilter

Constructors

ButtonAdv()

Declaration

public ButtonAdv()

ButtonAdv(Boolean)

Constructor.

Declaration

public ButtonAdv(bool isComboButton)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	isComboButton	Indicates whether button is of combo button type.

Fields

isFirstRightButton

Indicates whether renderer could draw the background for half of the control differently. Used in XP style when used as a combo button.

Declaration

public bool isFirstRightButton

Field Value

Type
System.Boolean

Remarks

Used only for by Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.WindowsXPButtonRenderer class.

isLastLeftButton

Indicates whether renderer could draw the background for half of the control differently. Used in XP style when used as a combo button.

Declaration

public bool isLastLeftButton

Field Value

Type
System.Boolean

Remarks

Used only for by Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.WindowsXPButtonRenderer class.

Properties

Appearance

Gets or sets the look and feel of the ButtonAdv. Set UseVisualStyle to True if you want to apply style on button, otherwise False.

Declaration

public ButtonAppearance Appearance { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ButtonAppearance

BackColor

Gets or sets the background color of the ButtonAdv

Declaration

public override Color BackColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

BeforeTouchSize

Gets/Sets Control size before touch enabled

Declaration

public Size BeforeTouchSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Size

BorderStyleAdv

Gets or sets ButtonAdv border style. Borders styles supported only in appearance styles: Office2003, OfficeXP and WindowsXP.

Declaration

public ButtonAdvBorderStyle BorderStyleAdv { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ButtonAdvBorderStyle

ButtonType

Gets or sets the type of button to be used.

Declaration

public virtual ButtonTypes ButtonType { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ButtonTypes

CanApplyTheme

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a SkinManager theme style has been applied to the control.

Declaration

public bool CanApplyTheme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	The default value is true.

CanOverrideStyle

Gets or sets a value indicating whether control elements styles can be overridden by theme style settings.

Declaration

public bool CanOverrideStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Default value is false.

Remarks

By default, the control's element styles will not be overridden by theme style settings if the style is set in sample level. If this property is enabled, element style will be overridden by theme style settings event if it is set in sample level. This property should be enabled or disabled before calling the ThemeName property of the control.

ComboEditBackColor

Gets or sets the combo edit backcolor.

Declaration

public Color ComboEditBackColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

CustomManagedColor

Gets or sets the background color of the ButtonAdv

Declaration

public Color CustomManagedColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

EnableTouchMode

gets or sets the touchmode

Declaration

public virtual bool EnableTouchMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Font

Gets or sets the System.Drawing.Font value for the control.

Declaration

public override Font Font { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Font

ForeColor

Gets or sets the foreground color of the ButtonAdv

Declaration

public override Color ForeColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

ImageListAdv

Declaration

public ImageListAdv ImageListAdv { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ImageListAdv

IsBackStageButton

Gets/Sets the value for IsBackStageButton

Declaration

public bool IsBackStageButton { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

IsComboButton

Indicates whether the button is of ComboButton type.

Declaration

public bool IsComboButton { get; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

IsDropDownButton

Gets/Sets whether this is DropDownButton

Declaration

public bool IsDropDownButton { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

IsMouseDown

Indicates whether the mouse is currently pressed.

Declaration

public bool IsMouseDown { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

IsVisualStyleEnabled

Gets a value indicating whether the visual style based theme is applied to the control and also indicates whether the theme files are referred from external assemblies or not.

Declaration

public bool IsVisualStyleEnabled { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Return true, if the visual style based theme is applied to the control. Otherwise returns false.

KeepFocusRectangle

Gets or Sets value specifying whether ButtonAdv will show focus rectangle receiveng focus.

Declaration

public bool KeepFocusRectangle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

MetroColor

Gets or sets the MetroColor color of the ButtonAdv

Declaration

public Color MetroColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Drawing.Color

Office2007ColorScheme

Gets or sets office 2007 color scheme.

Declaration

public Office2007Theme Office2007ColorScheme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
Office2007Theme

Office2010ColorScheme

Gets or sets office 2010 color scheme.

Declaration

public Office2010Theme Office2010ColorScheme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
Office2010Theme

OverrideFormManagedColor

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the custom managed color is to be applied by overriding the Form's managed color

Declaration

public bool OverrideFormManagedColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

PushButton

Indicates the state of control.

Declaration

public bool PushButton { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

ResetStateOnLostFocus

Gets or sets a value indicating whether state should be reset on focus lost.

Declaration

public bool ResetStateOnLostFocus { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean	true if reset state on lost focus; otherwise, false.

State

Gets or sets the different states the button can hold: Default, MouseOver, Pressed.

Declaration

public ButtonAdvState State { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ButtonAdvState

Text

Gets or sets the text to be displayed on the button.

Declaration

public override string Text { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

ThemeName

Gets or sets the theme name of the ButtonAdv control.

Declaration

public string ThemeName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

ThemeStyle

Declaration

public ButtonAdvVisualStyle ThemeStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ButtonAdvVisualStyle

UseVisualStyle

Indicates whether Visual Styles must be enabled for the button. Set value to True if you want to apply settings of properties: Appearance, BorderStyleAdv, ButtonType and etc. on current button.

Declaration

public virtual bool UseVisualStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.Boolean

Methods

ApplyScaleToControl(Single)

applies the scaling

Declaration

public void ApplyScaleToControl(float scaleFactor)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Single	scaleFactor

Dispose(Boolean)

Cleans up any resources being used.

Declaration

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing

GetActiveThemeName()

Gets the active theme name of the ButtonAdv control.

Declaration

public string GetActiveThemeName()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Returns the active theme name.

GetControlName()

Returns the name of the control.

Declaration

protected virtual string GetControlName()

Returns

Type
System.String

GetIsFirstRightButton()

If the IsFirstRightButton is set to True, the button's renderer could draw the background for half of the control differently. Used in XP style when used as a combo button.

Declaration

protected bool GetIsFirstRightButton()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

Remarks

Used only for by Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.WindowsXPButtonRenderer class.

GetIsLastLeftButton()

If the isLastleftButton is set to True, the button's renderer could draw the background for half of the control differently. Used in XP style when used as a combo button.

Declaration

protected bool GetIsLastLeftButton()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

Remarks

Used only for by Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.WindowsXPButtonRenderer class.

OnButtonChanged(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected virtual void OnButtonChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnClick(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnClick(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnFontChanged(EventArgs)

Font changed event

Declaration

protected override void OnFontChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnHandleCreated(EventArgs)

Raises the System.Windows.Forms.Control.HandleCreated event.

Declaration

protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e	An System.EventArgs that contains the event data.

OnHandleDestroyed(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnHandleDestroyed(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs)

Raises the System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.OnKeyUp(System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) event.

Declaration

protected override void OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs kevent)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs	kevent	A System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs that contains the event data.

OnKeyUp(KeyEventArgs)

Raises the System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.OnKeyUp(System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) event.

Declaration

protected override void OnKeyUp(KeyEventArgs kevent)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs	kevent	A System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs that contains the event data.

OnLostFocus(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnLostFocus(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs	e

OnMouseEnter(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseEnter(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnMouseLeave(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseLeave(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseMove(MouseEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs	e

OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs	e

OnPaint(PaintEventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs	e

OnSizeChanged(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnSizeChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnSystemColorsChanged(EventArgs)

Declaration

protected override void OnSystemColorsChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

PaintButton(Graphics, ButtonAdv, Point)

Drawing ButtonAdv's surface on custom Graphics

Declaration

public static void PaintButton(Graphics g, ButtonAdv control, Point p)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Graphics	g	Graphics to draw on
ButtonAdv	control	buttonAdv control to draw
System.Drawing.Point	p	Point that represents the location of the upper-left corner of the drawn image.

Examples

private void pictureBox1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e) { e.Graphics.RotateTransform(20); ButtonAdv.PaintButton(e.Graphics, this.buttonAdv1, new Point(75, 25)); }

RaisePaintEvent(PaintEventArgs)

Method allow to raise System.Windows.Forms.Control.Paint event.

Declaration

protected void RaisePaintEvent(PaintEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs	e	Paint event arguments.

ResetBackColor()

Resets the System.Windows.Forms.Control.BackColor property to its default value.

Declaration

public override void ResetBackColor()

ResetComboEditBackColor()

Resets the ComboEditBackColor to default.

Declaration

protected virtual void ResetComboEditBackColor()

ResetForeColor()

Resets the System.Windows.Forms.Control.ForeColor property to its default value.

Declaration

public override void ResetForeColor()

ResetIsDropDownButton()

Reset DropDown Button

Declaration

public void ResetIsDropDownButton()

ResetMetroColor()

To Reset MetroColor

Declaration

public void ResetMetroColor()

ResetUseVisualStyle()

Resets the UseVisualStyle to default.

Declaration

protected virtual void ResetUseVisualStyle()

ResumeMouseState()

Recover mouse handling logic for property State. To suspend call SuspendMouseState() method.

Declaration

public void ResumeMouseState()

SetIgnoreMouse(Boolean)

Recover or suspends mouse handling logic for property State.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Do not use this method. Instead use methods pair SuspendMouseState, ResumeMouseState.")]
public void SetIgnoreMouse(bool ignoreMouse)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	ignoreMouse	True to suspend, otherwise to resume handling logic.

SetIsFirstRightButton(Boolean)

If the IsFirstRightButton is set to True, the button's renderer could draw the background for half of the control differently. Used in XP style when used as a combo button.

Declaration

public void SetIsFirstRightButton(bool val)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	val	The value that is to be set.

Remarks

Used only for by Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.WindowsXPButtonRenderer class.

SetIsLastLeftButton(Boolean)

If the isLastleftButton is set to True, the button's renderer could draw the background for half of the control differently. Used in XP style when used as a combo button.

Declaration

public void SetIsLastLeftButton(bool val)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	val	The value that is to be set.

Remarks

Used only for by Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.WindowsXPButtonRenderer class.

ShouldSerializaIsDropDownButton()

Specifies whether this is DropDown Button

Declaration

[Obsolete("ShouldSerializaIsDropDownButton is deprecated, please use ShouldSerializeIsDropDownButton instead.")]
public bool ShouldSerializaIsDropDownButton()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeBackColor()

Indicates whether the BackColor property should be persisted.

Declaration

public virtual bool ShouldSerializeBackColor()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeComboEditBackColor()

Declaration

protected virtual bool ShouldSerializeComboEditBackColor()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeForeColor()

Declaration

protected virtual bool ShouldSerializeForeColor()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeIsDropDownButton()

Specifies whether this is DropDown Button

Declaration

public bool ShouldSerializeIsDropDownButton()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeMetroColor()

To indicate whether to serialize MetroColor or not

Declaration

public bool ShouldSerializeMetroColor()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeUseVisualStyle()

Declaration

protected virtual bool ShouldSerializeUseVisualStyle()

Returns

Type
System.Boolean

SuspendMouseState()

Suspend State property updating till the ResumeMouseState() method call.

Declaration

public void SuspendMouseState()

Events

ButtonChanged

Indicates whether Appearance of the ButtonAdv has changed.

Declaration

public event EventHandler ButtonChanged

Event Type

Type
System.EventHandler

ThemeNameChanged

Occurs when theme name of the ButtonAdv has changed.

Declaration

public event ThemeChangedEventHandler ThemeNameChanged

Event Type

Type
ThemeChangedEventHandler

Explicit Interface Implementations

ISupportOffice2007Theme.EnableOffice2007Style()

Declaration

void ISupportOffice2007Theme.EnableOffice2007Style()

ISupportOffice2007Theme.Office2007ColorTheme

Declaration

Office2007Theme ISupportOffice2007Theme.Office2007ColorTheme { get; set; }

Returns

Type
Office2007Theme

ISupportThemeChanged.ThemeChanged(Object, EventArgs)

Declaration

void ISupportThemeChanged.ThemeChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender
System.EventArgs	e

IVisualStyle.VisualTheme

Declaration

string IVisualStyle.VisualTheme { get; set; }

Returns

Type
System.String

IThemeProvider.BaseThemeName

Gets or sets the BaseTheme name of the theme

Declaration

string IThemeProvider.BaseThemeName { get; set; }

Returns

Type
System.String

IThemeProvider.ControlName

Gets the name of the control.

Declaration

string IThemeProvider.ControlName { get; }

Returns

Type
System.String

Implements

IThemeProvider

IVisualStyle

ISupportOffice2007Theme

ISupportThemeChanged

System.Windows.Forms.IMessageFilter