Class ColorUIControl

Represents a standard interface for selecting colors.

Inheritance

System.Object

BaseControl

ColorUIControl

Implements

IThemeProvider

IVisualStyle

System.IDisposable

Inherited Members

BaseControl.RaiseThemeChanged(Object, ThemeChangedEventArgs)

BaseControl.GetActiveThemeName()

BaseControl.OnCanApplyThemeChanged(Boolean)

BaseControl.OnCanOverrideStyleChanged(Boolean)

BaseControl.ThemeName

BaseControl.CanOverrideStyle

BaseControl.IThemeProvider.BaseThemeName

BaseControl.CanApplyTheme

BaseControl.ControlName

BaseControl.IVisualStyle.VisualTheme

BaseControl.IsVisualStyleEnabled

BaseControl.ThemeNameChanged

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms

Assembly: Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll

Syntax

public class ColorUIControl : BaseControl, IThemeProvider, IVisualStyle, IDisposable

Remarks

The ColorUIControl implements a palette type visual interface for selecting colors at run-time similar to the color picker drop-down provided by the Visual Studio.NET environment. The ColorUIControl class offers a selection of colors divided into three color groupings arranged as tabs. The three color groupings are the SystemColors consisting of the colors defined within the System.Drawing.SystemColors class, the StandardColors consisting of the colors defined within System.Drawing.Color and a CustomColors providing a customizable color palette. The ColorUIControl control can be used either as a regular control hosted within a parent container or it can be used as a drop-down control in combination with the ColorPickerButton control.

Examples

The following code creates a ColorUIControl, sets the color groups and adds an event handler for the ColorUIControl.ColorSelected event:

private void InitializeColorUIControl()
{
// Create the ColorUIControl.
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIControl clrUIControl = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIControl();

	// Set the ColorGroups to be displayed
	clrUIControl.ColorGroups = ( Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIGroups.CustomColors|
		Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIGroups.StandardColors|
		Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIGroups.SystemColors );

	// Set the initially selected group and color.
	clrUIControl.SelectedColorGroup = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUISelectedGroup.SystemColors;	
	clrUIControl.SelectedColor = SystemColors.ControlDark;

	// Provide a handler for the ColorUIControl.ColorSelected event.
	clrUIControl.ColorSelected += new EventHandler(this.OnColorSelected);
}

// Handler for the ColorUIControl.ColorSelected event.
private void OnColorSelected(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
	Color clrselected = (sender as ColorUIControl).SelectedColor;
}</code></pre></coderef>


Private Sub InitializeColorUIControl()

       &apos; Create an instance of the ColorUIControl.
       Me.clrUIControl = New Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIControl()

       &apos; Set the color groups to be shown.
       Me.clrUIControl.ColorGroups = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIGroups.CustomColors Or Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUIGroups.StandardColors

       &apos; Set the initially selected group.
       Me.clrUIControl.SelectedColorGroup = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.ColorUISelectedGroup.CustomColors

       &apos; Subscribe to the ColorUIControl.ColorSelected event.
       AddHandler Me.clrUIControl.ColorSelected, New System.EventHandler(AddressOf clrUIControl_ColorSelected)

   End Sub

   &apos; Handler for the ColorUIControl.ColorSelected event.
   Private Sub clrUIControl_ColorSelected(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

       Dim clrselected As Color = Me.clrUIControl.SelectedColor

   End Sub &apos;clrUIControl_ColorSelected</code></pre></coderef>

Constructors

ColorUIControl()

Initialize a new instance of the ColorUIControl class.

Declaration

public ColorUIControl()

Properties

BeforeTouchSize

Gets or sets Control size before touch enabled.

Declaration

public Size BeforeTouchSize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Size

BorderStyle

Gets or sets the border style of the control.

Declaration

public BorderStyle BorderStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle	A System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle value. The default is BorderStyle.Fixed3D.

ColorGroups

Gets or sets the color tabpages to be displayed by the control.

Declaration

public ColorUIGroups ColorGroups { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColorUIGroups	A ColorUIGroups value. The default is ColorUIGroups.All.

CreateParams

Overridden. See System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateParams.

Declaration

protected override CreateParams CreateParams { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams

CustomColorsStretchOnResize

Gets or sets enable stretch custom colors panel on resize.

Declaration

public bool CustomColorsStretchOnResize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

CustomTabName

Gets or sets the text displayed on the custom colors tab.

Declaration

public string CustomTabName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	A String value.

EnableTouchMode

Gets or sets value to enable or disable the Touchmode to the controls.

Declaration

public bool EnableTouchMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

Scale factor will be updated automatically if scalefactor is equal to 1

Flag

Gets or sets a flag value.

Declaration

public bool Flag { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Font

Overrides the Font property.

Declaration

public override Font Font { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Font

MetroColor

Gets or sets the theme color of the ColorUI.

Declaration

public Color MetroColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color

MetroForeColor

Gets or sets the theme forecolor of the ColorUI.

Declaration

public Color MetroForeColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color

ScrollMetroColorTable

Gets or sets custom color to scroller.

Declaration

public MetroColorTable ScrollMetroColorTable { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
MetroColorTable

SelectedColor

Gets or sets the current selected color.

Declaration

public Color SelectedColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Color	A System.Drawing.Color value.

SelectedColorGroup

Gets or sets the tab associated with this color group the selected tab.

Declaration

public ColorUISelectedGroup SelectedColorGroup { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColorUISelectedGroup	A ColorUISelectedGroup value.

ShowUserSelectionColors

Gets or sets a value to show or hide the user selection color swatches.

Declaration

public bool ShowUserSelectionColors { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

StandardTabName

Gets or sets the text displayed on the standard colors tab.

Declaration

public string StandardTabName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	A String value.

SystemTabName

Gets or sets the text displayed on the system colors tab.

Declaration

public string SystemTabName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String	A String value.

ThemeStyle

Gets or sets the value used to customize the appearance of the ColorUIControl.

Declaration

public ColorUIControlVisualStyle ThemeStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColorUIControlVisualStyle

Remarks

This ThemeStyle settings will be applied only when the VisualStyleBased theme has been applied to the control.

UserColors

Gets user colors.

Declaration

public ColorUIControl.ColorCollection UserColors { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColorUIControl.ColorCollection

Remarks

ColorGroups must be UserColors for use this property.

UserColorsStretchOnResize

Gets or sets enable stretch user colors panel on resize.

Declaration

public bool UserColorsStretchOnResize { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

UserCustomColors

Gets user custom colors.

Declaration

public ColorUIControl.ColorCollection UserCustomColors { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColorUIControl.ColorCollection

Remarks

ColorGroups must be UserColors for use this property.

UserTabName

Gets or sets the text displayed on the user colors tab.

Declaration

public string UserTabName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

VisualStyle

Gets or sets an advanced appearance for the ColorUI.

Declaration

public ColorUIStyle VisualStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ColorUIStyle

Methods

ApplyScaleToControl(Single)

Scale the control based on the scale factor passed in the argument.

Declaration

public void ApplyScaleToControl(float scaleFactor)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Single	scaleFactor	value to scale the factor based upon.

CreateAccessibilityInstance()

Creates a new accessibility object in ColorUIControl.

Declaration

protected override AccessibleObject CreateAccessibilityInstance()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleObject	Returns a new System.Windows.Forms.AccessibleObject for the ColorUIControl

Dispose(Boolean)

Declaration

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing

End()

Ends the color display drop-down.

Declaration

public void End()

GetControlName(String)

Helps to apply the ControlName settings in control

Declaration

public override string GetControlName(string controlName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	controlName	ControlName

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

Overrides

BaseControl.GetControlName(String)

OnColorSelected(EventArgs)

Raises the ColorSelected event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnColorSelected(EventArgs arg)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	arg	A System.EventArgs value that contains the event data.

OnFontChanged(EventArgs)

Overridden. See System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnFontChanged.

Declaration

protected override void OnFontChanged(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	e

OnGotFocus(EventArgs)

Overridden. See System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnGotFocus.

Declaration

protected override void OnGotFocus(EventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.EventArgs	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

OnThemeNameChanged(String)

Declaration

public override void OnThemeNameChanged(string themeName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	themeName

Overrides

BaseControl.OnThemeNameChanged(String)

PaintValue(PaintValueEventArgs)

Paints a representative value of the given object to the provided canvas.

Declaration

public virtual void PaintValue(PaintValueEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Design.PaintValueEventArgs	e	The System.Drawing.Design.PaintValueEventArgs instance containing the event data.

PaintValue(Object, Graphics, Rectangle)

Paints a representative value of the given object to the provided canvas.

Declaration

public void PaintValue(object value, Graphics canvas, Rectangle rectangle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	value	The value to paint.
System.Drawing.Graphics	canvas	Gets the System.Drawing.Graphics object with which painting should be done.
System.Drawing.Rectangle	rectangle	Gets the rectangle that indicates the area in which the painting should be done.

ProcessDialogKey(Keys)

Overridden. See System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessDialogKey.

Declaration

protected override bool ProcessDialogKey(Keys keyData)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Keys	keyData

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ResetCustomTabName()

Resets the CustomTabName property to its default value.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetCustomTabName()

ResetSelectedColor()

Resets the SelectedColor property to its default value.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetSelectedColor()

ResetSelectedColorGroup()

Resets the SelectedColorGroup property to its default value.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetSelectedColorGroup()

ResetStandardTabName()

Resets the StandardTabName property to its default value.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetStandardTabName()

ResetSystemTabName()

Resets the SystemTabName property to its default value.

Declaration

public virtual void ResetSystemTabName()

ShouldSerializeCustomTabName()

Declaration

protected bool ShouldSerializeCustomTabName()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeSelectedColor()

Declaration

protected bool ShouldSerializeSelectedColor()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeStandardTabName()

Declaration

protected bool ShouldSerializeStandardTabName()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

ShouldSerializeSystemTabName()

Declaration

protected bool ShouldSerializeSystemTabName()

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Start(Color)

Displays the ColorUIControl control as a drop-down component.

Declaration

public void Start(Color clrselected)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.Color	clrselected	The initially selected color.

Start(Object, Color)

Displays the colorUI control as a drop-down component.

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use void Start(Color clrselected) instead!")]
public void Start(object obj, Color clrselected)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	obj
System.Drawing.Color	clrselected

Events

ColorSelected

The ColorSelected event occurs when a color is selected from one of the palettes in the ColorUIControl.

Declaration

public event EventHandler ColorSelected

Event Type

Type	Description
System.EventHandler

Implements

IThemeProvider

IVisualStyle

System.IDisposable

See Also

ColorPickerButton