Visual Style in Windows Forms xp taskbar (XPTaskBar)

4 Feb 20256 minutes to read

XPTaskBar offers various built in themes for its professional representation as follows

•	Default

•	Office2007

•	Office2010

•	Metro

•	Office2016Colorful

•	Office2016White

•	Office2016DarkGray

•	Office2016Black

You can set the above themes using the Style property.

Default

This option helps to set the Default appearance.

//Default

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Default;
'Default

Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Default

Default theme

Office2007

This option helps to set the Office2007 appearance.

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2007;

//Sets the Blue Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Blue;

//Sets the Silver Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Silver;

//Sets the Black Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Black;
Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2007

'Sets the Blue Color Scheme

Me.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Blue

'Sets the Silver Color Scheme

Me.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Silver

'Sets the Black Color Scheme

Me.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Black

Office2007 theme

Custom colors

We can also apply custom colors to the XPTaskBar control by setting Office2007ColorScheme to “Managed”, and specifying the
custom color through the ApplyManagedColors method as follows.

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Managed;

Office2007Colors.ApplyManagedColors(this, Color.DarkGreen);
Me.xpTaskBar1.Office2007ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2007Theme.Managed

Office2007Colors.ApplyManagedColors(Me, Color.DarkGreen)

Custom colors

Office2010

This option helps to set the Office2010 appearance.

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2010;

//Sets the Blue Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Blue;

//Sets the Silver Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Silver;

//Sets the Black Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Black;
Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2010

'Sets the Blue Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Blue

'Sets the Silver Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Silver

'Sets the Black Color Scheme

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Black

Office2010

Custom colors

We can also apply custom colors to the XPTaskBar control by setting Office2010ColorScheme to “Managed”, and specifying the custom color through the ApplyManagedColors method as follows.

this.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Managed;

Office2010Colors.ApplyManagedColors(this, Color.Violet);
Me.xpTaskBar1.Office2010ColorScheme = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Office2010Theme.Managed

Office2010Colors.ApplyManagedColors(this, Color.Violet)

Custom colors

Metro

This options helps to set the Metro appearance.

//Metro

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Metro;
'Metro

Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Metro

Metro

Office2016Colorful

This options helps to set the Office2016Colorful appearance.

//Office2016Colorful

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016Colorful;
'Office2016Colorful

Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016Colorful

Office2016Colorful

Office2016White

This options helps to set the Office2016White appearance.

//Office2016White

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016White;
'Office2016White

Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016White

Office2016White

Office2016DarkGray

This options helps to set the Office2016DarkGray appearance.

//Office2016DarkGray

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016DarkGray;
'Office2016DarkGray

Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016DarkGray

Office2016DarkGray

Office2016Black

This options helps to set the Office2016Black appearance.

//Office2016Black

this.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016Black;
'Office2016Black

Me.xpTaskBar1.Style = Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarStyle.Office2016Black

Office2016Black