Win11 Style combobox usercontrol

[k_zeon]

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone knows of a combobox usercontrol that mimics the Win11 one in looks.
I know i can manifest but wondered if there is a usercontrol.

tks

[BenJones]

have you tryed searching google. or maybe just subclass the combobox in VB and add your own drawing functions seems the best option.

Just a qucik search in google and I found this
https://github.com/tannerhelland/vbA...and_List_Boxes

[fafalone]

Does VBCCR have a VisualStyles option? If not you could modify Krool's combobox control to wrap the CreateWindowEx call in a activation context (ActivateActCtx etc) so a manifest (which you can borrow from shell32.dll) is only applied to that control.

My cTaskDialog class uses that method (see signature below). For the whole dialog, not just if there's a combobox, but the principle is the same: activate, create the window, deactivate.

Won't it look out of place if everything doesn't have the style though?

[Eduardo-]

As I understand the requirement, he wants a control that looks like Windows 11 themed even if it runs on other Windows versions like Windows 7.

I don't think there is something like that there.

[jdelano]

There is some talk of this here https://www.vbforums.com/showthread....-style-control, of course leaning towards a roll your own. Maybe Olaf's post (#6) helps you get closer to what you'd like

[k_zeon]

As I understand the requirement, he wants a control that looks like Windows 11 themed even if it runs on other Windows versions like Windows 7.

I don't think there is something like that there.

yes that correct. a usercontrol combobox that is not manifested but still looks like the win11 version on Win7, Win10 etc

[k_zeon]

Hi fafalone. I have Textbox usercontrol that i use that is flat and can change borders colours etc and the only control i have that looks out of place is the combobox.
would really love to find one that can mimic the Win11 themed one without manifesting.

[fafalone]

Have you seen some of controls by Leandro Ascierto: https://leandroascierto.com/blog/cat...s-de-usuarios/

[cidtek]

I believe that's called "skinning" a control as apposed to theming it. CodeJock is an example of that type of usage.