CheckBoxRenderer Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

CheckBoxRenderer.cs

Provides methods used to render a check box control with or without visual styles. This class cannot be inherited.

C#

public static class CheckBoxRenderer

Inheritance

Object

CheckBoxRenderer

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to write a custom control that uses the DrawCheckBox method to draw a check box that responds to mouse clicks.

C#

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;

namespace CheckBoxRendererSample
{
    class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
            : base()
        {
            CustomCheckBox CheckBox1 = new CustomCheckBox();
            Controls.Add(CheckBox1);

            if (Application.RenderWithVisualStyles)
                this.Text = "Visual Styles Enabled";
            else
                this.Text = "Visual Styles Disabled";
        }

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            // If you do not call EnableVisualStyles below, then 
            // CheckBoxRenderer.DrawCheckBox automatically detects 
            // this and draws the check box without visual styles.
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }
    }

    public class CustomCheckBox : Control
    {
        private Rectangle textRectangleValue = new Rectangle();
        private Point clickedLocationValue = new Point();
        private bool clicked = false;
        private CheckBoxState state = CheckBoxState.UncheckedNormal;

        public CustomCheckBox()
            : base()
        {
            this.Location = new Point(50, 50);
            this.Size = new Size(100, 20);
            this.Text = "Click here";
            this.Font = SystemFonts.IconTitleFont;
        }

        // Calculate the text bounds, exluding the check box.
        public Rectangle TextRectangle
        {
            get
            {
                using (Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics())
                {
                    textRectangleValue.X = ClientRectangle.X +
                        CheckBoxRenderer.GetGlyphSize(g,
                        CheckBoxState.UncheckedNormal).Width;
                    textRectangleValue.Y = ClientRectangle.Y;
                    textRectangleValue.Width = ClientRectangle.Width -
                        CheckBoxRenderer.GetGlyphSize(g,
                        CheckBoxState.UncheckedNormal).Width;
                    textRectangleValue.Height = ClientRectangle.Height;
                }

                return textRectangleValue;
            }
        }

        // Draw the check box in the current state.
        protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnPaint(e);

            CheckBoxRenderer.DrawCheckBox(e.Graphics,
                ClientRectangle.Location, TextRectangle, this.Text,
                this.Font, TextFormatFlags.HorizontalCenter,
                clicked, state);
        }

        // Draw the check box in the checked or unchecked state, alternately.
        protected override void OnMouseDown(MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnMouseDown(e);

            if (!clicked)
            {
                clicked = true;
                this.Text = "Clicked!";
                state = CheckBoxState.CheckedPressed;
                Invalidate();
            }
            else
            {
                clicked = false;
                this.Text = "Click here";
                state = CheckBoxState.UncheckedNormal;
                Invalidate();
            }
        }

        // Draw the check box in the hot state. 
        protected override void OnMouseHover(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnMouseHover(e);
            state = clicked ? CheckBoxState.CheckedHot :
                CheckBoxState.UncheckedHot;
            Invalidate();
        }

        // Draw the check box in the hot state. 
        protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnMouseUp(e);
            this.OnMouseHover(e);
        }

        // Draw the check box in the unpressed state.
        protected override void OnMouseLeave(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.OnMouseLeave(e);
            state = clicked ? CheckBoxState.CheckedNormal :
                CheckBoxState.UncheckedNormal;
            Invalidate();
        }
    }
}

Remarks

The CheckBoxRenderer class provides a set of static methods that can be used to render a check box control. Rendering a control refers to drawing the user interface of a control. To draw a check box, use one of the DrawCheckBox methods. These methods provide a variety of options, such as drawing text or an image with the check box.

If visual styles are enabled in the operating system and visual styles are applied to the current application, DrawCheckBox will draw the check box with the current visual style. Otherwise, DrawCheckBox will draw the check box with the classic Windows style. This is useful if you are drawing a custom control that should automatically match the current visual style setting of the operating system.

This class wraps the functionality of a System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer that is set to one of the elements exposed by the System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleElement.Button.CheckBox class. For more information, see Rendering Controls with Visual Styles.

Properties

RenderMatchingApplicationState

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the renderer uses the application state to determine rendering style.

Methods

DrawCheckBox(Graphics, Point, CheckBoxState)	Draws a check box control in the specified state and location.
DrawCheckBox(Graphics, Point, Rectangle, String, Font, Boolean, CheckBoxState)	Draws a check box control in the specified state and location, with the specified text, and with an optional focus rectangle.
DrawCheckBox(Graphics, Point, Rectangle, String, Font, Image, Rectangle, Boolean, CheckBoxState)	Draws a check box control in the specified state and location, with the specified text and image, and with an optional focus rectangle.
DrawCheckBox(Graphics, Point, Rectangle, String, Font, TextFormatFlags, Boolean, CheckBoxState)	Draws a check box control in the specified state and location, with the specified text and text formatting, and with an optional focus rectangle.
DrawCheckBox(Graphics, Point, Rectangle, String, Font, TextFormatFlags, Image, Rectangle, Boolean, CheckBoxState)	Draws a check box control in the specified state and location; with the specified text, text formatting, and image; and with an optional focus rectangle.
DrawParentBackground(Graphics, Rectangle, Control)	Draws the background of a control's parent in the specified area.
GetGlyphSize(Graphics, CheckBoxState)	Returns the size of the check box glyph.
IsBackgroundPartiallyTransparent(CheckBoxState)	Indicates whether the background of the check box has semitransparent or alpha-blended pieces.

Applies to

See also

• EnableVisualStyles()
• RenderWithVisualStyles
• VisualStyleRenderer
• VisualStyleElement