Visual Styles in Windows Forms Navigation Pane (GroupBar)

28 Apr 20218 minutes to read

The GroupBar control for Windows Forms Supports for below listed Visual Styles. You can easily modify the look using the built-in visual styles.

The styles are built-in for GroupBar.

• Default

• Office2007

• Office2007Outlook

• Office2010

• Metro

• Office2016Colorful

• Office2016DarkGray

• Office2016Black

• Office2016White

Default

This option helps to set the Default theme.

// Default

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default;
' Default

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Default

Default theme

Office2007

This option helps to set the Office2007 theme.

// Office2007

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
' Office2007

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007

Office2007 theme

You can also specify the color schemes for Office 2007 visual styles. They can be Blue, Silver, Black, and Managed.

• Blue

• Black

• Silver

• Managed

Blue

This option is used to set the Office2007 Blue theme.

//Office2007themeBlue

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this. groupBar1.Office2007Theme =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Blue;
'Office2007ThemeBlue

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.groupBar1.Office2007Theme =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Blue

Office2007 blue theme

Black

This option helps to set the Black theme.

// Office2007ThemeBlack

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.groupBar1.Office2007Theme =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Black;
' Office2007ThemeBlack

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.groupBar1.Office2007Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Black

Office2007 black theme

Silver

This option helps to set the Silver theme.

// Office2007ThemeSilver

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.groupBar1.Office2007Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Silver;
' Office2007ThemeSilver

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.groupBar1.Office2007Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Silver

Office2007 silver theme

Managed

This option helps to apply the custom colors to the GroupBar by setting Office2007Theme to ‘Managed’ and specifying the custom color through the ApplyManagedColors method as follows.

// Managed

this.groupbarVisualStudio.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007;
this.groupbarVisualStudio.Office2007Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Managed;
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Colors.ApplyManagedColors(this, Color.Red);
' Managed
Me.groupbarVisualStudio.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2007
Me.groupbarVisualStudio.Office2007Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Managed
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Colors.ApplyManagedColors(Me, Color.Red)

Managed theme

Office2010

This option helps to set the Office2010 theme.

// Office2010

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
' Office2010

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010

Office2010 theme

It also specifies the color schemes for Office 2010 visual styles. They can be Blue, Silver, Black, and Managed.

• Blue

• Black

• Silver

• Managed

Blue

This option is used to set the Office2010 Blue theme.

// Office2010ThemeBlue

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.groupBar1.Office2010Theme =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Blue;
' Office2010ThemeBlue

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.groupBar1.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Blue

Office2010 blue theme

Black

This option is used to set the Office2010 Black theme.

// Office2010ThemeBlack

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle =Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.groupBar1.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Black;
' Office2010ThemeBlack

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.groupBar1.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Black

Office2010 black theme

Silver

This option is used to set the Office2010 Silver theme.

// Office2010ThemeSilver

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.groupBar1.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Silver;
' Office2010ThemeSilver

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.groupBar1.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Silver

Office2010 silver theme

Managed

This option helps to apply the custom colors to the GroupBar by setting Office2010Theme to ‘Managed’ and specifying the custom color through the ApplyManagedColors method as follows.

//Managed

this.groupbarVisualStudio.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010;
this.groupbarVisualStudio.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Managed;
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Colors.ApplyManagedColors(this, Color.Red);
' Managed

Me.groupbarVisualStudio.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2010
Me.groupbarVisualStudio.Office2010Theme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Managed
Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Colors.ApplyManagedColors(Me, Color.Red)

Managed theme

Metro

This option helps to set the Metro theme.

// Metro

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro;
' Metro

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Metro

Metro theme

Office2016Colorful

This option helps to set the Office2016Colorful theme.

// Office2016Colorful

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016Colorful;
' Office2016Colorful

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016Colorful

Office2016 colorful theme

Office2016DarkGray

This option helps to set the Office2016DarkGray theme.

// Office2016DarkGray

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016DarkGray;
' Office2016DarkGray

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016DarkGray

Office2016 dark gray theme

Office2016Black

This option helps to set the Office2016Black theme.

// Office2016Black

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016Black;
' Office2016Black

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016Black

Office2016 black theme

Office2016White

This option helps to set the Office2016White theme.

// Office2016White

this.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016White;
' Office2016White

Me.groupBar1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.VisualStyle.Office2016Black

Office2016 white theme