MaterialSkin for .NET WinForms
Theming .NET WinForms, C# or VB.Net, to Google's Material Design Principles.
This project is ACTIVE (With some long pauses in between, but I still read every issue and check every PR)
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Nuget Package
A nuget package version is available here
Or simply search for MaterialSkin.2 on the Nuget Package Manager inside Visual Studio
WIKI Available!
But there's not much in there for now, please contribute if you can. 😄
You can access it here
Current state of the MaterialSkin components
Component | Supported | Disabled mode | Animated |
---|---|---|---|
Buttons | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Backdrop | No | - | - |
Cards | Yes | N/A | N/A |
Check Box | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Check Box List | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Combobox | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Context Menu | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dialog | No | - | - |
Divider | Yes | N/A | N/A |
Drawer | Yes | N/A | Yes |
Flexible Dialog (big) | Yes | Yes | N/A |
FAB - Floating Action Button | Yes | No | Yes |
Label | Yes | Yes | N/A |
ListView | Yes | No | N/A |
Progress Bar | Partial | No | No |
Radio Button | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Text field | Yes | No | Yes |
Sliders | No | - | - |
Switch | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tabs | Yes | N/A | Yes |
All supported components have a dark theme
TODO List
- Progress bar - Animation and variants, maybe round loading thingy
- Sliders
- Dialog (!= message box)
- Backdrop (maybe)
- Better FAB
- Better Listview
- Disabled textfield
- Some Color code improvements and refactoring
Contributting
If you have any issues please open an issue; have an improvement? open a pull request.
This project was heavily updated by @leocb leocb/MaterialSkin
forked from donaldsteele/MaterialSkin
and he forked it from the original IgnaceMaes/MaterialSkin
Implementing MaterialSkin in your application
1. Add the library to your project
There are a few methods to add this lib:
The Easy way
Search for MaterialSkin.2 on the Nuget Package manager inside VisualStudio and add it to your project.
Manual way
Download the precompiled DLL available on the releases section and add it as a external reference on your project.
Compile from the latest master
Clone the project from GitHub, then add the MaterialSkin.csproj
to your own solution, then add it as a project reference on your project.
2. Add the MaterialSkin components to your ToolBox
Simply drag the MaterialSkin.dll
file into your IDE's ToolBox and all the controls should be added there.
3. Inherit from MaterialForm
Open the code behind your Form you wish to skin. Make it inherit from MaterialForm rather than Form. Don't forget to put the library in your imports, so it can find the MaterialForm class!
C# (Form1.cs)
public partial class Form1 : MaterialForm
VB.NET (Form1.Designer.vb)
Partial Class Form1
Inherits MaterialSkin.Controls.MaterialForm
4. Initialize your colorscheme
Set your preferred colors & theme. Also add the form to the manager so it keeps updated if the color scheme or theme changes later on.
C# (Form1.cs)
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
var materialSkinManager = MaterialSkinManager.Instance;
materialSkinManager.AddFormToManage(this);
materialSkinManager.Theme = new ThemeLight(materialSkinManager);
materialSkinManager.ColorScheme = new ColorScheme(Primary.BlueGrey800, Primary.BlueGrey900, Primary.BlueGrey500, Accent.LightBlue200, TextShade.WHITE);
}
VB.NET (Form1.vb)
Imports MaterialSkin
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim SkinManager As MaterialSkinManager = MaterialSkinManager.Instance
SkinManager.AddFormToManage(Me)
SkinManager.Theme = New ThemeLight(SkinManager)
SkinManager.ColorScheme = New ColorScheme(Primary.BlueGrey800, Primary.BlueGrey900, Primary.BlueGrey500, Accent.LightBlue200, TextShade.WHITE)
End Sub
End Class
For switching themes (light and dark), see the MaterialSkinExample
project.
Material Design in WPF
If you love .NET and Material Design, you should definitely check out Material Design Xaml Toolkit by ButchersBoy. It's a similar project but for WPF instead of WinForms.
Images
A simple demo interface with MaterialSkin components.
The MaterialSkin Drawer (menu).
Every MaterialSkin button variant - this is 1 control, 3 properties
The MaterialSkin checkboxes, radio and Switch.
Material skin textfield and labels