change shape of button?

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I need to build custom button and make button shape like "L"
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public class mybutton : Button
    {  
         protected override void  OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pevent)
         {
          How do this ????????????????????????
         }
    }

Posted 25-Aug-11 5:04am

shadiabusamra

Updated 25-Aug-11 5:07am

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Ian Good · Answer 1 · 2011-08-25T08:18:00

Solution 6

This is actually quite simple.
You must set the Region property of your button.

Something like this in the constructor...

using(var path = new GraphicsPath())
{
    path.AddEllipse(Bounds);
    Region = new Region(path);
}

...will make your button an ellipse as wide & tall as the original size.

In order to make an 'L' shape, you will need to add rectangles to the path instead.

Note: You will still want to override the OnPaint method to draw it yourself.

Posted 25-Aug-11 8:18am

Ian Good

Updated 25-Aug-11 8:19am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Aug-11 19:52pm

Finally a correct answer! There are "real" non-rectangular buttons, but many make lousy buttons which only seem to be non-rectangular because they do not modify Region, only paint something; the cheating can be easily detected with a mouse. IGood, I voted I5 :-)
--SA

Ian Good 25-Aug-11 20:05pm

hey thanks for the 5

Regions are pretty wacky; You can change a Form's Region any way you see fit as well, so you can come up with a very unique user interface for your application, which could be a quirky fun feature for clients, or simply annoying :P

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Aug-11 23:14pm

This is true of course.
--SA

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2011-08-25T05:17:00

Solution 4

There's a ton of articles on the web about making custom button controls.

For example, try this one[^].

Posted 25-Aug-11 5:17am

Dave Kreskowiak

Rob Philpott · Answer 3 · 2011-08-25T05:16:00

Solution 3

This isn't as easy as it sounds. What you want to do is extract the Graphics object from the PaintEventArgs and use drawing primitives on that to draw your button. You need to consider though that buttons change their look when focused, pressed down etc.

Posted 25-Aug-11 5:16am

Rob Philpott

N_tro_P · Answer 4 · 2011-08-25T05:08:00

Solution 1

Easy if you are using Expression blend and WPF. Just drag a picutre on to the Design layout and turn the picture into a button.

You are using WinForms though (OnPaint), so my recomendation is to use WPF :D

Posted 25-Aug-11 5:08am

N_tro_P

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