Skinning a scrollbar, adding custom colors

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Hey all...

My boss typically dislikes the packaged components, and so I'm
wondering if there's any code out there to modify the way a scrollbar
looks. I'd love to change colors and, if possible, the arrow buttons.

I've seen http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/corescrollbar.asp and
tried getting it to work, but so far I'm not impressed... the code is
very chunky and frustrating to work with. Any other ideas out there?

Thanks in advance...
 
Hey all...

My boss typically dislikes the packaged components, and so I'm
wondering if there's any code out there to modify the way a scrollbar
looks. I'd love to change colors and, if possible, the arrow buttons.

I've seenhttp://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/corescrollbar.aspand
tried getting it to work, but so far I'm not impressed... the code is
very chunky and frustrating to work with. Any other ideas out there?

Thanks in advance...
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hehe I would have probably referred you to something like that. It's
actually a well-written example (well, it looks like it, I haven't
tried the code yet) and I may use it myself. Thanks! ;)

Anyway, if you want to do your own custom control drawing, be prepared
for a little bit of extra work. If the code of this example seems to
"chunky and frustrating", maybe try eliminating any features or
properties you don't need or want.
 
papalarge said:
Hey all...

My boss typically dislikes the packaged components, and so I'm
wondering if there's any code out there to modify the way a scrollbar
looks. I'd love to change colors and, if possible, the arrow buttons.

I've seen http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/corescrollbar.asp and
tried getting it to work, but so far I'm not impressed... the code is
very chunky and frustrating to work with. Any other ideas out there?

Thanks in advance...
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You could try to use the one listed on the codeproject as a starting point
and write your own?

HTH,
Mythran
 
You could try to use the one listed on the codeproject as a starting point
and write your own?
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Man... I was hoping you wouldn't say that. Yeah, it seems pretty
unfinished. There are some irritating things trying to get it modular
at all, too. It certainly is a good roadmap though, when it comes to
all of the methods, events, and properties that would be necessary in
a custom scrollbar control.

Oh well.... I welcome any other input, if there are other good
examples out there of a custom scrollbar...
 
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