StyleController Class

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v20.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public class StyleController :
    ComponentBase,
    ISupportInitialize,
    IStyleController

VB.NET

Public Class StyleController
    Inherits ComponentBase
    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.

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

DevExpress.XtraEditors.ComponentBase

StyleController