Command Parents Appearance

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Palette

Each NCommandParent implements INPaletteProvider which is the main interface that describes how an object is rendered. Thus, you have full control over how the object is rendered and what color scheme it uses. For more information see Palettes.

The following code demonstrates how to change the default palette of a NToolbar object:

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NToolbar toolbar = new NToolbar(); toolbar.Palette.Scheme = ColorScheme.Sunset; toolbar.Palette.Style3D = Style3D.Flat;

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Dim toolbar As NToolbar = New NToolbar() toolbar.Palette.Scheme = ColorScheme.Sunset toolbar.Palette.Style3D = Style3D.Flat

Background Type

Each NCommandParent has a property which controls background appearance of the component.

The following table describes available background types:

Background Type	Description
SolidColor	The parent will use its BackColor property to fill its interior.
ControlSpecific	A control specific render logic will be applied. For a NToolbar parent this is a gradient brush with special blending.
Transparent	A pseudo-transparency will be applied (the control will ask its parent to paint the background).

Background Type

Description

SolidColor

The parent will use its BackColor property to fill its interior.

ControlSpecific

A control specific render logic will be applied. For a NToolbar parent this is a gradient brush with special blending.

Transparent

A pseudo-transparency will be applied (the control will ask its parent to paint the background).

Border And Gripper

You can specify whether a certain NCommandParent will display gripper and border.

The following code demonstrates how to create an entirely transparent toolbar:

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NToolbar toolbar = new NToolbar(); toolbar.BackgroundType = BackgroundType.Transparent; toolbar.HasBorder = false; toolbar.HasGripper = false;

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Dim toolbar As NToolbar = New NToolbar() toolbar.BackgroundType = BackgroundType.Transparent toolbar.HasBorder = False toolbar.HasGripper = False