MaterialSkin for .NET WinForms

Theming .NET WinForms, C# or VB.Net, to Google's Material Design Principles.

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Current state of the MaterialSkin components

| Supported | Dark & light version | Disabled mode | Animated --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Checkbox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Divider | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A Flat Button | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Label | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A Radio Button | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Raised Button | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Single-line text field | Yes | Yes | No | Yes TabControl | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes ContextMenuStrip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes FloatingActionButton | No | No | No | No ListView | No | No | No | No Dialogs | No | No | No | No Switch | No | No | No | No More... | No | No | No | No

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Implementing MaterialSkin in your application

1. Add the library to your project

You can do this on multiple ways. The easiest way would be adding the NuGet Package. Right click on your project and click 'Manage NuGet Packages...'. Search for 'MaterialSkin' and click on install. Once installed the library will be included in your project references. (Or install it through the package manager console: PM> Install-Package MaterialSkin)

Another way of doing this step would be cloning the project from GitHub, compiling the library yourself and adding it as a reference.

2. Add the MaterialSkin components to your ToolBox

If you have installed the NuGet package, the MaterialSkin.dll file should be in the folder //bin/Debug. 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 prefered 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 = MaterialSkinManager.Themes.LIGHT;
  		   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 = MaterialSkinManager.Themes.LIGHT
		      SkinManager.ColorScheme = New ColorScheme(Primary.BlueGrey800, Primary.BlueGrey900, Primary.BlueGrey500, Accent.LightBlue200, TextShade.WHITE)
    End Sub
End Class

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