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
this.statusBarAdv1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.StatusbarStyle.Office2016White;
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 |
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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. |
//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;
'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 |
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SizingGrip | Indicates if the sizing grip is visible. |
this.statusBarAdv1.SizingGrip = true;
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.
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