StyleController Class

Provides centralized appearance and paint style management for editors and controls.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(ToolboxIconsRootNS), "StyleController")]
public class StyleController :
    Component,
    ISupportInitialize,
    IStyleController

VB.NET

<ToolboxBitmap(GetType(ToolboxIconsRootNS), "StyleController")>
Public Class StyleController
    Inherits Component
    Implements ISupportInitialize,
               IStyleController

Remarks

The StyleController component allows you to manage the appearance and look-and-feel settings of multiple BaseControl descendants.

Customize the settings this component exposes and then assign it to the target controls using their BaseControl.StyleController properties.

For more information see:

• Style Controller
• Look And Feel and Skinning

Example

The code below shows how to use the StyleController component to customize two editors’ look-and-feel settings.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
// Create and customize the Style Controller.
StyleController styleController1 = new StyleController();
// Set the background color.
styleController1.Appearance.BackColor = Color.LightYellow;
// Customize the LookAndFeel settings.
styleController1.LookAndFeel.UseDefaultLookAndFeel = false;
styleController1.LookAndFeel.SkinName = "Office 2016 Colorful";
// Assign the StyleController to editors.
buttonEdit1.StyleController = styleController1;
lookUpEdit1.StyleController = styleController1;

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

' Create and customize the Style Controller.
Dim styleController1 As StyleController = New StyleController()
' Set the background color.
styleController1.Appearance.BackColor = Color.LightYellow
' Customize the LookAndFeel settings.
styleController1.LookAndFeel.UseDefaultLookAndFeel = False
styleController1.LookAndFeel.SkinName = "Office 2016 Colorful"
' Assign the StyleController to editors.
ButtonEdit1.StyleController = styleController1
LookUpEdit1.StyleController = styleController1

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

StyleController