Styling in Windows Forms Rating Control

18 Nov 20182 minutes to read

Styling of shapes can be done either by using predefined visual styles or by BackColor, BorderColor, HighlightColor, SelectionColor and GradientColor settings.

Built-in

Rating control supports predefined visual styles such as Default, Office2007, Office2010, Metro, Office2016ColorFul, Office2016DarkGray, Office2016White, Office2016Black for Office Styles. The style can be set by the VisualStyle property.

C#

this.ratingControl1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.RatingControl.Style.Office2016ColorFul;

VB.NET

Me.ratingControl1.VisualStyle = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.RatingControl.Style.Office2016ColorFul

OfficeColorScheme for Rating Control can be set using below code

C#

this.ratingControl1.OfficeColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.OfficeColorSchemes.Blue;

VB.NET

Me.ratingControl1.OfficeColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.OfficeColorSchemes.Blue

Custom

The properties ItemHighlightStartColor, ItemHighlightEndColor, ItemSelectionStartColor, ItemSelectionEndColor are applied only if the ApplyGradientColors property is enabled.

C#

this.ratingControl3.ItemHighlightEndColor = Color.Red;

this.ratingControl3.ItemHighlightStartColor = Color.Green;

this.ratingControl3.ItemSelectionEndColor = Color.Yellow;

this.ratingControl3.ItemSelectionStartColor = Color.LightYellow;

VB.NET

Me.ratingControl3.ItemHighlightEndColor = Color.Red

Me.ratingControl3.ItemHighlightStartColor = Color.Green

Me.ratingControl3.ItemSelectionEndColor = Color.Yellow

Me.ratingControl3.ItemSelectionStartColor = Color.LightYellow

C#

this.ratingControl1.ApplyGradientColors = true;

VB.NET

Me.ratingControl1.ApplyGradientColors = True