duckwizzle Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 This isn't a plugin but this seems like the best place for this. I really like the interface of paint.net... more specifically the toolbar and menu up top. Is the control library that is used to create the tool/menu bar available anywhere or were the custom made and closed sourced? I'd love to use it for some applications I am writing in C#. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 It is custom made and closed source. 1 Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 The toolbars and menus are based on .NET's WinForms ToolStrip stuff. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckwizzle Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 The toolbars and menus are based on .NET's WinForms ToolStrip stuff. I figured as much. After some research I was able to come up with this. Now to fix the font/background color issue. Kudos on the interface and really the whole program as a whole... I freaking love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What are you using for development, duckwizzle? Visual Studio Community 2013 is a fine development system, and it's free for most uses. If you're using it, changing the fonts, background, etc. is nothing more than changing a property in the WYSIWYG WinForm editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckwizzle Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 What are you using for development, duckwizzle? Visual Studio Community 2013 is a fine development system, and it's free for most uses. If you're using it, changing the fonts, background, etc. is nothing more than changing a property in the WYSIWYG WinForm editor. I am actually using Visual Studio 2013 community edition! However, once the control is in the expanded title bar the properties (like background and foreground) don't work. I think I am going to have to inherit the controls and and override the OnDrawItem event and a few others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) However, once the control is in the expanded title bar the properties (like background and foreground) don't work. I think I am going to have to inherit the controls and and override the OnDrawItem event and a few others Why not have the menus outside of the title bar and just have a glass/window-border background behind it? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's how paint.net is doing it. Edited April 15, 2015 by toe_head2001 Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I am actually using Visual Studio 2013 community edition! Recommend you have a look at VS 2015 Preview. It's also free. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckwizzle Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Recommend you have a look at VS 2015 Preview. It's also free. Will do - this looks awesome! Why not have the menus outside of the title bar and just have a glass/window-border background behind it? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's how paint.net is doing it. I was thinking they used DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea to actually expand the title bar... if you click and drag the paint.net window you can tell in the title bar the background design changes which wouldn't happen with a static background image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Why not have the menus outside of the title bar and just have a glass/window-border background behind it? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's how paint.net is doing it. The amount of work to do this is enormous compared to the value it provides. paint.net 4.0's use of glass looks nice, but I wouldn't have done it that way if I'd known the pain and tears and suffering that would've been involved. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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