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Member Tables: Appearance

This document lists all properties, used to customize the way your Navigation Bar looks.

#Appearances

Member

Description

NavBarControl.Appearance

Allows you to specify the appearance of the control’s various elements, and the default appearance settings for all its items and groups.

A group’s NavElement.Appearance, NavBarGroup.AppearanceBackground, NavElement.AppearanceHotTracked, and NavElement.AppearancePressed

properties

Allows you to customize the appearance of individual groups.

An item’s NavElement.Appearance, NavBarItem.AppearanceDisabled, NavElement.AppearanceHotTracked, and NavElement.AppearancePressed properties

Allows you to customize the appearance of individual items.

NavBarControl.PaintAppearance

Allows you to get the actual appearance settings currently used to paint the NavBarControl’s elements

#Look and Feel

Member Description
NavBarControl.LookAndFeel Used to access the settings that define the NavBar control’s look and feel.
NavBarControl.PaintStyleKind Specifies the manner in which the NavBar control is painted, and allows the look and feel settings to be applied.

#Custom Painting

Member Description
NavBarControl.CustomDrawBackground Allows the control’s background to be custom painted.
NavBarControl.CustomDrawGroupCaption Allows group captions to be custom painted.
NavBarControl.CustomDrawGroupClientBackground Allows a group client region’s background to be custom painted.
NavBarControl.CustomDrawGroupClientForeground Allows a group client region’s foreground to be custom painted.
NavBarControl.CustomDrawHint Allows you to custom draw hints when the navbar control is painted using the VSToolBoxView style.
NavBarControl.CustomDrawLink Allows links to be custom painted.