Themes in Windows Forms Form (SfForm)

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Windows Forms Form (SfForm) offers the following six built-in themes for professional representation:

  • Office2016Colorful
  • Office2016White
  • Office2016DarkGray
  • Office2016Black
  • Office2019Colorful
  • HighContrastBlack

Themes can be applied to SfForm by following these steps:

  • Load theme assembly
  • Apply theme

Load theme assembly

To set a theme for SfForm, the following assemblies should be added as references in any application.

Assemblies

        Themes
Syncfusion.Office2016Theme.WinForms        Office2016Colorful
Office2016White
Office2016DarkGray
Office2016Black
Syncfusion.Office2019Theme.WinForms Office2019Colorful
Syncfusion.HighContrastTheme.WinForms HighContrastBlack

Before applying a theme to SfForm, the required theme assembly should be loaded.

using Syncfusion.WinForms.Controls;

static class Program
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for an application.
    /// </summary>
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        Syncfusion.Licensing.SyncfusionLicenseProvider.RegisterLicense(DemoCommon.FindLicenseKey());
        SfSkinManager.LoadAssembly(typeof(Syncfusion.WinForms.Themes.Office2016Theme).Assembly);
        SfSkinManager.LoadAssembly(typeof(Syncfusion.WinForms.Themes.Office2019Theme).Assembly);
        SfSkinManager.LoadAssembly(typeof(Syncfusion.HighContrastTheme.WinForms.HighContrastTheme).Assembly);
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
}
Imports Syncfusion.WinForms.Controls

Friend NotInheritable Class Program
	''' <summary>
	''' The main entry point for the application.
	''' </summary>
	Private Sub New()
	End Sub
	<STAThread>
	Shared Sub Main()
		Syncfusion.Licensing.SyncfusionLicenseProvider.RegisterLicense(DemoCommon.FindLicenseKey())
		SfSkinManager.LoadAssembly(GetType(Syncfusion.WinForms.Themes.Office2016Theme).Assembly)
		SfSkinManager.LoadAssembly(GetType(Syncfusion.WinForms.Themes.Office2019Theme).Assembly)
		SfSkinManager.LoadAssembly(GetType(Syncfusion.HighContrastTheme.WinForms.HighContrastTheme).Assembly)
		Application.EnableVisualStyles()
		Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
		Application.Run(New Form1())
	End Sub
End Class

Apply theme

The appearance of SfForm can be changed using the ThemeName property of SfForm.

Office2016Colorful

This option sets the Office2016Colorful theme.

sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016Colorful";
sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016Colorful"

Office2016Colorful theme applied in winforms sfform

Office2016White

This option sets the Office2016White theme.

sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016White";
sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016White"

Office2016White theme applied in winforms sfform

Office2016DarkGray

This option sets the Office2016DarkGray theme.

sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016DarkGray";
sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016DarkGray"

Office2016DarkGray theme applied in winforms sfform

Office2016Black

This option sets the Office2016Black theme.

sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016Black";
sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2016Black"

Office2016Black theme applied in winforms sfform

Office2019Colorful

This option sets the Office2019Colorful theme.

sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2019Colorful";
sfForm.ThemeName = "Office2019Colorful"

Office2019Colorful theme applied in winforms sfform

HighContrastBlack

This option sets the HighContrastBlack theme.

sfForm.ThemeName = "HighContrastBlack";
sfForm.ThemeName = "HighContrastBlack"

Highcontrastblack theme applied in winforms sfform