WinForms Docking - How to custom paint skinned dock panel captions

Important

This example uses internal APIs that may change in newer versions.

This example demonstrates how to implement the CustomDrawDockPanelCaption event to paint dock panel captions.

Files to Review

• Form1.cs (VB: Form1.vb)
• MyCustomDrawArgs.cs (VB: MyCustomDrawArgs.vb)
• MyDockElementsSkinPainter.cs (VB: MyDockElementsSkinPainter.vb)
• MyDockLayout.cs (VB: MyDockLayout.vb)
• MyDockManager.cs (VB: MyDockManager.vb)
• MyDockPanel.cs (VB: MyDockPanel.vb)
• MyPaintStyle.cs (VB: MyPaintStyle.vb)
• MyWindowSkinPainter.cs (VB: MyWindowSkinPainter.vb)