Renderer for PropertyGrid

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Introduction

I have some projects using PropertyGrid but the color is not beautiful. The original was 2 theme (System, XPTheme) only until I found the article "Changing the look and feel of the propertygrid" from seeshaper.

Background

But I need to change color and theme of the PropertyGrid when the parent form or MainMenu has changed property ToolStripManager. Thank you for every idea below.

• Office 2007 ToolStrip Renderer by Phil.Wright
• Tan Color Table by jfoscoding
• Add Custom Properties to a PropertyGrid by Danilo Corallo

Using the Code

Add the control to the tool box of Visual Studio or re-build this class in your project. The control look and feel will change with your MainMenu automatically.

//
// Change test
//
private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    switch (this.comboBox1.SelectedIndex)
    {
        case 0: //System
            ToolStripManager.Renderer = new ToolStripSystemRenderer();
            // Must set this !!
            ToolStripManager.RenderMode = ToolStripManagerRenderMode.System;
            break;
        case 1: // Professional
            ToolStripManager.Renderer = new ToolStripProfessionalRenderer();
            //ToolStripManager.RenderMode = ToolStripManagerRenderMode.Professional;
            break;
        case 2: // Office2007 Blue
            ToolStripManager.Renderer = new Office2007Renderer.Office2007Renderer();
            //ToolStripManager.RenderMode = ToolStripManagerRenderMode.Custom;
            break;
        case 3: // VS2005 Tan
            ToolStripManager.Renderer = 
		new ToolStripProfessionalRenderer(new TanColorTable());
            //ToolStripManager.RenderMode = ToolStripManagerRenderMode.Custom;
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
}

Point of Interest

If you set your application to render with System Renderer, please set RenderMode to System.

ToolStripManager.RenderMode = ToolStripManagerRenderMode.System;

History

• 2009-April-22: Published
• 2009-April-23: Updated control at design-time

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)