[Feature Request]: Font Dialog is in the Main Forms elements - Where is Kryptons' Standard themed equivalent

[Smurf-IV]

e.g. Dark theme:

[Smurf-IV]

It might be a case of just deriving from the Winform, Catching the OnLoad, setting colours of elements, and then display..

Rather than trying to re-create the full path of code:
https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#system.windows.forms/winforms/Managed/System/WinForms/FontDialog.cs

Or using outdated interops to get to the base OS classes.

[PWagner1]

This could help

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10706/Font-ListBox-and-ComboBox-Controls-with-Top-5-Favo

[Smurf-IV]

This could help

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10706/Font-ListBox-and-ComboBox-Controls-with-Top-5-Favo

That would be a nice addition to the Extended ComboBox / List projects.
And
His other project would be nice as well:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10688/BevelLine-Control-with-Designer-Selection-Rules
With the Standard Theme overrides applied ;-)

[Smurf-IV]

Getting there..
What I am trying to do is something similar to the Delphi VCL Theming (No idea how they do the magic - but they do not redesign a form to "Look" like a control [Like they do in mono - which is another option])
So the idea is

• to keep the native control native
• Override their drawing via the re-use of Krypton drawing elements
• Make this code generic so that it can be applied to all "OS Common Dialogs"

The following picture shows

• Test App in VS Designer
• App running and Office 2010 - Black selected
• "Kryptonised" FontDialog with the background and the Colour: label converted
• All control positions and text taken from the control.
  

[PWagner1]

Can something similar be done for file dialogs?

[Smurf-IV]

Yes, What I am aiming for is anything that is derived from the CommonDialog base class wrapper

[Smurf-IV]

Another update to generic overloading

• Managed to improve the background colour replacement (See around the buttons)
• Group and label fonts are changed (Its really subtle, but they are closer to the controls)
• All Label colours are changed (Not Groups yet !)
  

[Smurf-IV]

And tonights offering is:

Button replacement !

[Smurf-IV]

I think I should leave the List / Combo Drop Boxes alone, as it just makes scrolling messy, and the background for the actual items is not replaced either !
Right - Next is the CheckBoxes

[Smurf-IV]

Done Check Boxes:

[Smurf-IV]

Removed the Drawing blips around the buttons:

[Smurf-IV]

Erm.. Done:

BUT,
Now need to extract the code into a utility class, so that it can be applied to the other Common Dialogs

[Smurf-IV]

Oh, and also to wrap the control in a KryptonForm as a toolbox ;-)

[PWagner1]

Is it going to be possible to use the breadcrumb control for file dialogs?

Still testing the new inputbox :)

[Smurf-IV]

Is it going to be possible to use the breadcrumb control for file dialogs?

Not sure that will be a wise thing to do, as it entails lot's of linkage out to an existing control(s), so probably not.

[Smurf-IV]

Done:

[Smurf-IV]