[Mono-winforms-list] Theming in MWF

[Pedro Martínez Juliá]

But we have a theming implementation in MWF. If we want to be 100%
compatible with MS.NET, we need to get out that theming implementation
and put it as an optional patch...

I think that the best solution to have themes is to provide a high level
definition for controls and then provide few implementations (gtk#,
wx.net, system.windows.forms, and maybe system.web). Like glade/xaml/xul
are doing but with more than one target toolkit.

Regards,

    Pedro

El vie, 29-07-2005 a las 12:44 +0200, Kornél Pál escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> MS.NET has no theming support. Theming means that it would be able to draw
> contorls and/or windows using custom functions. There is no such support in
> MS.NET.
> 
> It has an Application.EnableVisualStyles method that enables using Visual
> Styles. Visual Styles are provided by Windows not by MS.NET.
> 
> All that Application.EnableVisualStyles does is that it loads comctl32.dll
> version 6.0.0.0 using a manifest file through Windows side-by-side assembly
> support and the initializes comctl32.dll.
> 
> By default controls are drawn by MS.NET so you have to use FlatStyle.System
> to let Windows draw the controls using visual styles.
> 
> For more information see:
> EnableVisualStyles:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwindowsformsapplicationclassenablevisualstylestopic.asp
> 
> Visual Styles:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/xptheming.asp
> 
> Side-by-side Assemblies:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sbscs/setup/about_isolated_applications_and_side_by_side_assemblies.asp
> 
> Mono draws contorls itself (just like MS.NET) that provides identical
> appearance across all platforms.
> 
> Enabling custom themes is a good idea but it cannot be done in MWF because
> it has to be compatible with MS.NET implementations.
> 
> Kornél
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pedro Martínez Juliá" <pedromj at gmail.com>
> To: "Mono Winforms" <mono-winforms-list at ximian.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 12:31 PM
> Subject: [Mono-winforms-list] Theming in MWF
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've seen the implementation of themes in MWF and I'm not agree at all
> > of having theming in this stage of the development. I know that MS.NET
> > has themes but I think that themes are implemented in Windows because I
> > didn't see anything related in MSDN documentation.
> >
> > I saw that Theme.cs has a lot of painting logic and I think it shouldn't
> > be there. For example, DataGridPaintRows iterates the rows of a datagrid
> > to paint each one. I think that it should be in DataGrid and not in the
> > theme class.
> >
> > The problems I see in this issue is that I can implement a Theme that
> > changes the view of any control and in the other hand, this theming
> > engine doesn't allow a user to easily download and install a theme.
> >
> > At the end, we have only Win32Classic theme maintained and it adds one
> > level to the indirection at the time to paint any control.
> >
> > For all of this I think we can redesign now the theming. It's only an
> > idea.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >    Pedro
> >
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