Gets/sets the style for the dropdown button.
This example sets the various appearances of the UltraWinEditors controls so that they have a light blue gradient background, and a dark blue foreground.
Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinEditors
Private Sub SetupAppearance()
' Create a new Appearance object
Dim appearance As Infragistics.Win.Appearance = New Infragistics.Win.Appearance()
' Set some of the color properties of the Appearance object
appearance.BackColor = Color.White
appearance.BackColor2 = Color.LightBlue
appearance.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue
' Set the background gradient style
appearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.ForwardDiagonal
' Set the AlwaysInEditMode property to false so gradient drawing
' will be enabled when the control does not have the input focus
'
' Note that this only applies to the controls that use a TextBox for
' their edit portion (UltraTextEditor, UltraComboEditor, and UltraFontNameEditor)
Me.ultraTextEditor1.AlwaysInEditMode = False
Me.ultraComboEditor1.AlwaysInEditMode = False
Me.ultraFontNameEditor1.AlwaysInEditMode = False
' Set each UltraWinEditor control's Appearance property to the
' Appearance object we just created, so they all have the same
' appearance
Me.ultraTextEditor1.Appearance = appearance
Me.ultraComboEditor1.Appearance = appearance
Me.ultraFontNameEditor1.Appearance = appearance
Me.ultraDateTimeEditor1.Appearance = appearance
Me.ultraNumericEditor1.Appearance = appearance
Me.ultraCurrencyEditor1.Appearance = appearance
' Create another Appearance object that we will assign to the
' ButtonAppearance property of the relevant controls
Dim buttonAppearance As Infragistics.Win.Appearance = New Infragistics.Win.Appearance()
buttonAppearance.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue
buttonAppearance.BackColorDisabled = Color.AliceBlue
buttonAppearance.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue
' Set the ButtonAppearance of the relevant controls
' For the UltraComboEditor and UltraFontNameEditor, this appearance
' will be applied to their dropdown buttons. For the UltraNumericEditor
' and UltraCurrencyEditor, it will be applied to the spin buttons, and
' for the UltraDateTimeEditor, it will be applied to both.
Me.ultraComboEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance
Me.ultraFontNameEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance
Me.ultraDateTimeEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance
Me.ultraNumericEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance
Me.ultraCurrencyEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance
' If the UltraComboEditor control has no items, add some now
If (Me.UltraComboEditor1.Items.Count = 0) Then
Me.UltraComboEditor1.Items.Add(1, "One")
Me.UltraComboEditor1.Items.Add(2, "Two")
Me.UltraComboEditor1.Items.Add(3, "Three")
End If
' Set the ItemAppearance of the relevant controls to use the
' ButtonAppearance
Me.UltraComboEditor1.ItemAppearance = Me.UltraComboEditor1.ButtonAppearance
Me.UltraFontNameEditor1.ItemAppearance = Me.UltraFontNameEditor1.ButtonAppearance
' Set their ButtonStyle properties as well
Me.UltraComboEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft
Me.UltraFontNameEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft
Me.UltraDateTimeEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft
Me.UltraNumericEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft
Me.UltraCurrencyEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft
' Make the spin buttons visible for the relevant controls
Me.UltraDateTimeEditor1.SpinButtonDisplayStyle = ButtonDisplayStyle.Always
Me.UltraNumericEditor1.SpinButtonDisplayStyle = ButtonDisplayStyle.Always
Me.UltraCurrencyEditor1.SpinButtonDisplayStyle = ButtonDisplayStyle.Always
End Sub
'Declaration
Public Property ButtonStyle As Infragistics.Win.UIElementButtonStyle
using System.Diagnostics;
using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinEditors;
private void SetupAppearance()
{
// Create a new Appearance object
Infragistics.Win.Appearance appearance = new Infragistics.Win.Appearance();
// Set some of the color properties of the Appearance object
appearance.BackColor = Color.White;
appearance.BackColor2 = Color.LightBlue;
appearance.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue;
// Set the background gradient style
appearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.ForwardDiagonal;
// Set the AlwaysInEditMode property to false so gradient drawing
// will be enabled when the control does not have the input focus
//
// Note that this only applies to the controls that use a TextBox for
// their edit portion (UltraTextEditor, UltraComboEditor, and UltraFontNameEditor)
this.ultraTextEditor1.AlwaysInEditMode = false;
this.ultraComboEditor1.AlwaysInEditMode = false;
this.ultraFontNameEditor1.AlwaysInEditMode = false;
// Set each UltraWinEditor control's Appearance property to the
// Appearance object we just created, so they all have the same
// appearance
this.ultraTextEditor1.Appearance = appearance;
this.ultraComboEditor1.Appearance = appearance;
this.ultraFontNameEditor1.Appearance = appearance;
this.ultraDateTimeEditor1.Appearance = appearance;
this.ultraNumericEditor1.Appearance = appearance;
this.ultraCurrencyEditor1.Appearance = appearance;
// Create another Appearance object that we will assign to the
// ButtonAppearance property of the relevant controls
Infragistics.Win.Appearance buttonAppearance = new Infragistics.Win.Appearance();
buttonAppearance.BackColor = Color.AliceBlue;
buttonAppearance.BackColorDisabled = Color.AliceBlue;
buttonAppearance.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue;
// Set the ButtonAppearance of the relevant controls
// For the UltraComboEditor and UltraFontNameEditor, this appearance
// will be applied to their dropdown buttons. For the UltraNumericEditor
// and UltraCurrencyEditor, it will be applied to the spin buttons, and
// for the UltraDateTimeEditor, it will be applied to both.
this.ultraComboEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance;
this.ultraFontNameEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance;
this.ultraDateTimeEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance;
this.ultraNumericEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance;
this.ultraCurrencyEditor1.ButtonAppearance = buttonAppearance;
// If the UltraComboEditor control has no items, add some now
if ( this.ultraComboEditor1.Items.Count == 0 )
{
this.ultraComboEditor1.Items.Add( 1, "One" );
this.ultraComboEditor1.Items.Add( 2, "Two" );
this.ultraComboEditor1.Items.Add( 3, "Three" );
}
// Set the ItemAppearance of the relevant controls to use the
// ButtonAppearance
this.ultraComboEditor1.ItemAppearance = this.ultraComboEditor1.ButtonAppearance;
this.ultraFontNameEditor1.ItemAppearance = this.ultraFontNameEditor1.ButtonAppearance;
// Set their ButtonStyle properties as well
this.ultraComboEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft;
this.ultraFontNameEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft;
this.ultraDateTimeEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft;
this.ultraNumericEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft;
this.ultraCurrencyEditor1.ButtonStyle = UIElementButtonStyle.ButtonSoft;
// Make the spin buttons visible for the relevant controls
this.ultraDateTimeEditor1.SpinButtonDisplayStyle = ButtonDisplayStyle.Always;
this.ultraNumericEditor1.SpinButtonDisplayStyle = ButtonDisplayStyle.Always;
this.ultraCurrencyEditor1.SpinButtonDisplayStyle = ButtonDisplayStyle.Always;
}
'Declaration
Public Property ButtonStyle As Infragistics.Win.UIElementButtonStyle
Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
