Changing the Appearance of Windows Forms

You can customize the look of your Windows Forms applications in many different ways, such as changing the border, opacity, shape, style, or setting a background image for your Windows Forms application.

In This Section

How to: Change the Borders of Windows Forms
Shows how to change the border style of a form.

Reference

Form
Describes this class and has links to all of its members.

FormBorderStyle
Describes this enumeration and contains descriptions of all of its members.

VisualStyleRenderer
Describes this class and has links to all of its members.

Image
Describes this class and has links to all of its members.

Region
Describes this class and has links to all of its members.

Color
Describes this class and has links to all of its members.

Adjusting the Size and Scale of Windows Forms
Contains links to topics that show how to change the size and scale of a form.

Graphics and Drawing in Windows Forms
Contains links to topics that describe how to perform custom drawing on Windows Forms.

Controls with Built-In Owner-Drawing Support
List owner-draw support in Windows Forms controls.