Class SkinManager

Applies and manages the themes for the controls and components which are derived from the IVisualStyle and IThemeProvider

Inheritance

System.Object

SkinManager

SfSkinManager

Namespace: Syncfusion.Windows.Forms

Assembly: Syncfusion.Shared.Base.dll

Syntax

public class SkinManager : Component

Constructors

SkinManager(IContainer)

Constructor

Declaration

public SkinManager(IContainer container)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.ComponentModel.IContainer	container

Fields

ContainsSkinManager

This property helps to know, if the SkinManager is loaded in Form.

Declaration

public static bool ContainsSkinManager

Field Value

Type
System.Boolean

IsThemeChanged

It helps to notify the Theme changes to all controls, when ApplicationVisualTheme is modified.

Declaration

public static bool IsThemeChanged

Field Value

Type
System.Boolean

visualStyle

It stores the VisualStyle settings applied in SkinManager.

Declaration

public static string visualStyle

Field Value

Type
System.String

Properties

ApplicationVisualTheme

Gets / sets the VisualTheme to be applied to controls and components loaded in Application.

Declaration

public static string ApplicationVisualTheme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.String

Controls

Gets or sets the System.Windows.Forms.Control to apply the theme settings

Declaration

public Component Controls { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
System.ComponentModel.Component

VisualTheme

Gets or sets a name of the theme to be applied to System.Windows.Forms.Control.

Declaration

public VisualTheme VisualTheme { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
VisualTheme

Methods

control_ControlAdded(Object, ControlEventArgs)

Occurs when new control is added to the control which has the theme settings that is set by the SkinManager.

Declaration

public static void control_ControlAdded(object sender, ControlEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Object	sender	The sender.
System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs	e	A System.Windows.Forms.ControlEventArgs that contains events data.

Dispose(Boolean)

Releases all resources used by the SkinManager class.

Declaration

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	disposing	True to release both managed and unmanaged resources; false to release only unmanaged resources.

LoadAssembly(Assembly)

Loads the assembly to register the theme XML configured files.

Declaration

public static void LoadAssembly(Assembly assembly)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Reflection.Assembly	assembly	An assembly that has the theme XML configuration file.

SetVisualStyle(Component, VisualTheme)

Sets the theme to given component and its inner controls which are derived from the IVisualStyle

Declaration

public static void SetVisualStyle(Component component, VisualTheme visualTheme)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.ComponentModel.Component	component	The System.ComponentModel.Component to set the theme.
VisualTheme	visualTheme	A name of the visualTheme to be set to control.

Remarks

This method will set the theme to controls which is derived from IVisualStyle

SetVisualStyle(Component, String)

Declaration

public static void SetVisualStyle(Component component, string visualStyle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.ComponentModel.Component	component
System.String	visualStyle

SetVisualStyle(Control, VisualTheme)

Sets the theme to given control and its inner controls which are derived from IVisualStyle

Declaration

public static void SetVisualStyle(Control control, VisualTheme visualTheme)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	control	The System.Windows.Forms.Control to set the theme.
VisualTheme	visualTheme

Remarks

This method will set the theme to controls which is derived from IVisualStyle

SetVisualStyle(Control, String)

Sets the theme to given control and its inner controls which are derived from the IVisualStyle and IThemeProvider

Declaration

public static void SetVisualStyle(Control control, string visualStyle)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Windows.Forms.Control	control	The System.Windows.Forms.Control to set the theme.
System.String	visualStyle	A name of the theme to be set to control.

Remarks

This method will set the theme to controls which is derived from IVisualStyle and IThemeProvider