ExControls

Extended controls for Windows Forms.

This library features extensions over some of the classic controls, most of which expand their ability to customize visuals and colors. The ExControls library was originally created as part of the GVDEditor program for the dark mode of the graphical interface.

These controls have been extended:

• ComboBox (also its variant in ToolStrip and DataGridView)
• DateTimePicker (partial)
• GroupBox
• CheckBox (also its variant in DataGridView)
• CheckedListBox
• MaskedTextBox
• NumericUpDown
• RadioButton
• TabControl
• TextBox

These controls have been added:

• LineSeparator

These components have been extended:

• FolderBrowserDialog

How to install?

dotnet add package ExControls

Designer extension (.NET)

The .NET WinForms designer runs out of process and loads custom type editors only from NuGet packages. ExControls.Designer.Package builds artifacts/packages/ExControls.Designer.<version>.nupkg (client part for Visual Studio, server part for DesignToolsServer); projects that design forms with ExControls import ExControls.Designer.targets next to their ExControls project reference.

After changing ExControls.Designer.Client/Server/Protocol, increase ExControlsDesignerVersion in ExControls.Designer.targets, rebuild the package and restart Visual Studio - NuGet and the designer cache packages by version.