How to put buttons/titles with different design/style in C#?

Question

In C# is there any way to put for example buttons with a different design, or the title with a different style? I want to put my program more "Fancy".

Answer 1

For buttons or titles with different designs you could simply use a Picturebox and place a specific image. Now, if you want something a little more complex, you can create a class by inheriting the Button class (in case it is a button) and change some details, overwrite events using override according to your criteria etc.

On the curiosity level, follow the code of how to create a custom button using the class Graphics:

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        BotaoPersonalizado objBotao = new BotaoPersonalizado(); //Inicializando o botão personalizado.

        //Incluindo a ele um evento Click:
        EventHandler evento = new EventHandler(objBotao_Click);
        objBotao.Click += evento;

        objBotao.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(100, 200); //Definindo sua posição na tela.
        objBotao.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 305); //Definindo seu tamanho.

        this.Controls.Add(objBotao); //Adicionando o controle ao formulário.
    }

    public class BotaoPersonalizado : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
    {
        //Sobrescrevendo o método OnPaint para desenhar o botão:
        protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            Graphics graphics = e.Graphics;
            Pen pen = new Pen(Color.Blue);

            float cordenadaX = 0, cordenadaY = 0, largura = 100, altura = 100; //Definindo características da elipse delimitada por um retângulo.
            graphics.DrawEllipse(pen, cordenadaX, cordenadaY, largura, altura); //Desenhando a elipse.
            pen.Dispose(); //Liberando os recursos usados.
        }
    }

    void objBotao_Click(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Olá");
    }

Answer 2

You’re looking for the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the Microsoft solution for rich applications. But bear in mind that there is a steep learning curve for developers Winforms. If you have any experience with rich application development (Flex, Javafx or mainly Silverlight) and a good understanding of Markup modern WPF principles are more natural. Start by researching about XAML, an XML-based language, counter-half of C# (or any other language of the .NET platform) used in component declaration.