Appearance Settings in Windows Forms Status Bar (StatusBarAdv)

9 Dec 2019 / 2 minutes to read

You can enhance the appearance of the StatusBarAdv control by using the following properties.

Style

StatusBarAdv supports Office2016 styles such as Office2016Colorful,Office2016White,Office2016Black and Office2016DarkGray.

//Sample code for setting “Office2016 Colorful” style for StatusBarAdv

c#

this.statusBarAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.StatusbarStyle.Office2016White;

vb

Me.statusBarAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.StatusbarStyle.Office2016White;

Background settings

You can customize the StatusBarAdv control’s background by using the various options provided in the BackgroundColor property as follows.

Property Table

StatusBarAdv Property	Description
BackgroundColor	Gets or sets the background gradient and other styles.
Style	Specifies the brush style.Solid,Pattern andGradient.
BackColor	Specifies the back color of the control.
ForeColor	Specifies the fore color for any text or graphics in the control.
PatternStyle	Specifies the pattern style of the control.
GradientBackground	Indicates whether the background will be drawn with the gradient.
GradientStyle	Specifies the gradient style of the background.ForwardDiagonal,BackwardDiagonal,Horizontal,Vertical,PathRectangle andPathEllipse.
VerticalGradient	Indicates whether the gradient is vertical.
GradientColors	Specifies the gradient colors.The first entry in this list is same as the BackColor property, the last entry is same as the ForeColor property.
MetroColor	Gets or sets the Metro color of the StatusBarAdv
UseMetroColorAsBorder	Gets or sets whether to set MetroColor as its Border color.

c#

//To set the Background color of the StatusBarAdv
this.statusBarAdv1.BackgroundColor = new Syncfusion.Drawing.BrushInfo(Syncfusion.Drawing.GradientStyle.PathRectangle, Color.NavajoWhite, Color.IndianRed);

//To set the MetroColor in StatusBarAdv
this.statusBarAdv1.MetroColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#16a5dc");

//To set the MetroColor as Border of the StatusBarAdv
this.statusBarAdv1.UseMetroColorAsBorder = true;

vb

'To set the Background color of the StatusBarAdv
Me.statusBarAdv1.BackgroundColor = New Syncfusion.Drawing.BrushInfo(Syncfusion.Drawing.GradientStyle.PathRectangle, Color.NavajoWhite, Color.IndianRed)

'To set the MetroColor in StatusBarAdv
Me.statusBarAdv1.MetroColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#16a5dc")

'To set the MetroColor as Border of the StatusBarAdv
Me.statusBarAdv1.UseMetroColorAsBorder = True

Sizing grip

A sizing grip can be displayed for the StatusBarAdv control using the property given below.

Property Table

StatusBarAdv Property	Description
SizingGrip	Indicates if the sizing grip is visible.

c#

this.statusBarAdv1.SizingGrip = true;

vb

Me.statusBarAdv1.SizingGrip = True

SizingGrip property when set will display a grip at the bottom right of the control as displayed in the below image.