toolbar background color.....

[bzeus]

I wanted to know how do you change the background color of a toolbar...i checked the properties for it and couldn't find it....if there's a code to do this please give me an example....i searched the net but couldn't find anything....thanks in advance.....

 

[Paszt]

Yes the toolbar is not a very customizable control.
To change the background color, you would have to either subclass the toolbar and do the drawing yourself or create a new toolbar control from scratch.

 

[bzeus]

thank's again....

 

[bloukewer]

Create your own custom toolbar. Much easier than you think...

 

[abacusdotcom@yahoo.com]

How? Can one create a custom toolbar. sorry, am an absolute beginner.
Thanks

 

[bloukewer]

Well, for a newbie the easiest way would be to "cheat". Take a panel, slap a few buttons on, fiddle a little with the buttons' and panel's attributes...

If your looking for something fancy you should firstly familiarize yourself with OO programming and control creation in VS.Net.

 

[DanGoodhew86]

Hows going bull??

Seeing as its now almost 8 months since you posted your question I am guessing you already answered your Q somehow...

How to change the background color of a toolbar:
1.Place a panel on your form
2.Set the panel's docked property to Top (the default for a toolbar)
3.Set the panels backcolor to the color that you want the toolbar to be
4.Place a toolbar on the panel mentioned above

The Toolbar & its buttons inherit their backcolor from their parent control. Seems simple enough.

You could always 'subclass the toolbar and do the drawing yourself' but for a newbie to VB simple is best.

Keep Learning

 

[Evy]

I don't think it works..

 

[DanGoodhew86]

Hey sorry, maybe i was drunk when i wrote that.

A white toolbar

the only thing is that you have to set the .appearance property to flat. Then it inherits .backcolor from it's parent control.

If you want a toolbar that actually has buttons on it then... you are in for about 20 times as much work.

All graphic design programs make 3d looking images & I prefer the look of a flat toolbar.

I am sure that www.MSDN.com will have some articles on how to change the backcolor with code