TcxCustomLookAndFeelController Class
The base class for the TdxSkinController component.
Declaration
TcxCustomLookAndFeelController = class(
TcxCustomComponent,
IcxDesignLookAndFeelNotifier
)Remarks
A skin controller is a non-visual component designed to configure look & feel settings common to all DevExpress controls and to apply skins to both forms and DevExpress controls at runtime.
If you do not need to switch between skins and palettes at runtime, you can use the design-time Project Settings dialog to select the required skin and palette application-wide.
Note
You can override global look & feel settings at the level of individual controls.
Refer to corresponding control descriptions and the following topic for detailed information: Global Application Settings.
Main API Members
The list below outlines key members of the TcxCustomLookAndFeelController class. These members allow you to manage the application’s global look & feel settings and switch between skins and color palettes.
Skin and Color Palette-Related API Members
- NativeStyle
- Specifies if DevExpress controls and application forms use operating system-dependent draw routines to render all UI elements. If this option is enabled, all skin and color palette settings have no effect.
- SkinName | SkinPaletteName
- Specify skin and color palette applied to the application if the NativeStyle property is set to
False. Only vector skins can switch between color palettes. - UseSkins | UseSkinsInPopupMenus
- Specify if the selected skin affects controls, forms, and pop-up menus.
- UseImageSet
- Specifies the active skin element rendering mode for bitmap-based skins.
Miscellaneous Look & Feel Settings
- FormCorners
- Allows you to switch between corner shapes for skinned application forms.
- RenderMode
Specifies the active render mode at the application level.
Note
This property affects only those DevExpress controls that support multiple render modes.
- ScrollMode | ScrollbarMode
- Allow you to switch between supported scrollbar types and scrolling modes for all controls that support them.
- ShowFormShadow
- Specifies if skinned application forms cast a shadow.
- TouchMode
- Specifies if Touch Mode is enabled.
General-Purpose API Members
- BeginUpdate | EndUpdate
- Allow you to avoid excessive redraw operations during batch global look & feel setting changes.
- Reset
- Restores default global look & feel settings.
Terminal TcxCustomLookAndFeelController Class Descendant
Do not use the TcxCustomLookAndFeelController class directly. Use the TdxSkinController component instead.