Getting WinForms menus and toolbars to use the system theme?

Question

Is there a way to get WinForms controls MenuStrip and ToolStrip to rendering using the current system theme?

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Normally the WinForms MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls have a RenderMode property, which points to a class that handles the rendering:

• ToolStripSystemRenderer

  

• ToolStripProfessionalRenderer

  

• ManagerRenderMode

  which defaults to whatever ToolStripManager.Renderer uses (i.e. Professional or System)

Neither of these renderers use the Windows system theme:

How can i get a .NET WinForms MenuStrip and ToolStrip control to use the system theme?

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i could ask some related, but different, questions:

• does the .NET FCL contain a ToolStripRenderer that implements "system" rendering?
• has anyone written a ToolStripRenderer that implements "system" rendering?

Answer 1

hey i know its not exectly the answer you where looking for but telerik already did what you want, i used there library and works great, so you can go either way you can use there library or maybe get some ideas from it here is there home page about winforms

hope this helps.