ToggleButton in C WinForms

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Is it possible to create a toggle button in C  WinForms  I know that you can use a CheckBox control and set it s Appearance property to  Button   but it doesn t look right  I want it to appear sunken  not flat  when pressed  Any thoughts

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You may also consider the ToolStripButton control if you don t mind hosting it in a ToolStripContainer  I think it can natively support pressed and unpressed states

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Check FlatStyle property  Setting it to  System  makes the checkbox sunken in my environment

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You can just use a CheckBox and set its appearance to Button   CheckBox checkBox   new System Windows Forms CheckBox     checkBox Appearance   System Windows Forms Appearance Button

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This is my simple codes I hope it can help you  private void button2 Click object sender  EventArgs e                if  button2 Text     ON                         panel light BackColor   Color Yellow    symbolizes light turned on              button2 Text    OFF                      else if  button2 Text     OFF                         panel light BackColor   Color Black    symbolizes light turned off              button2 Text    ON

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I ended up overriding the OnPaint and OnBackgroundPaint events and manually drawing the button exactly like I need it  It worked pretty well

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When my button s FlatStyle is set to system  it looks flat  And when it s set to popup  it only pops up when mouses over  Either is what I want   I want it to look sunken when checked and raised when unchecked and no change while mousing over  the button is really a checkbox but the checkbox s appearance property is set to button    I end up setting the FlatStyle to flat and wrote a new Paint event handler    private void checkbox paint object sender  PaintEventArgs e                        CheckBox myCheckbox    CheckBox sender              Rectangle borderRectangle   myCheckbox ClientRectangle              if  myCheckbox Checked                                ControlPaint DrawBorder3D e Graphics  borderRectangle                      Border3DStyle Sunken                             else                               ControlPaint DrawBorder3D e Graphics  borderRectangle                      Border3DStyle Raised                             I give a similar answer to this question   C  winforms button with solid border  like 3d Sorry for double posting

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How about this   Assuming you have System Windows Forms referenced   var cbtnToggler   new CheckBox    cbtnToggler Appearance   Appearance Button  cbtnToggler TextAlign   ContentAlignment MiddleCenter  cbtnToggler MinimumSize   new Size 75  25     To prevent shrinkage    Hope this helps

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You may also consider the ToolStripButton control if you don t mind hosting it in a ToolStripContainer  I think it can natively support pressed and unpressed states

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You can always code your own button with custom graphics and a PictureBox  though it won t necessarily match the Windows theme of your users

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Check FlatStyle property  Setting it to  System  makes the checkbox sunken in my environment

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use if command to check status and let operate as a toggle button   private void Protection ON OFF Button Click object sender  EventArgs e                         if  FolderAddButton Enabled    true                                FolderAddButton Enabled   false                            else                               FolderAddButton Enabled   true

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You can always code your own button with custom graphics and a PictureBox  though it won t necessarily match the Windows theme of your users

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You may also consider the ToolStripButton control if you don t mind hosting it in a ToolStripContainer  I think it can natively support pressed and unpressed states

User · Answer

Check FlatStyle property  Setting it to  System  makes the checkbox sunken in my environment

User · Answer

You may also consider the ToolStripButton control if you don t mind hosting it in a ToolStripContainer  I think it can natively support pressed and unpressed states

User · Answer

You can always code your own button with custom graphics and a PictureBox  though it won t necessarily match the Windows theme of your users

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When my button s FlatStyle is set to system  it looks flat  And when it s set to popup  it only pops up when mouses over  Either is what I want   I want it to look sunken when checked and raised when unchecked and no change while mousing over  the button is really a checkbox but the checkbox s appearance property is set to button    I end up setting the FlatStyle to flat and wrote a new Paint event handler    private void checkbox paint object sender  PaintEventArgs e                        CheckBox myCheckbox    CheckBox sender              Rectangle borderRectangle   myCheckbox ClientRectangle              if  myCheckbox Checked                                ControlPaint DrawBorder3D e Graphics  borderRectangle                      Border3DStyle Sunken                             else                               ControlPaint DrawBorder3D e Graphics  borderRectangle                      Border3DStyle Raised                             I give a similar answer to this question   C  winforms button with solid border  like 3d Sorry for double posting

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I ended up overriding the OnPaint and OnBackgroundPaint events and manually drawing the button exactly like I need it  It worked pretty well

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This is my simple codes I hope it can help you  private void button2 Click object sender  EventArgs e                if  button2 Text     ON                         panel light BackColor   Color Yellow    symbolizes light turned on              button2 Text    OFF                      else if  button2 Text     OFF                         panel light BackColor   Color Black    symbolizes light turned off              button2 Text    ON

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thers is a simple way to create toggle button  I test it in vs2010  It s perfect   ToolStripButton has a  Checked  property and a  CheckOnClik  property  You can use it to act as a toggle button  tbtnCross CheckOnClick   true    OR      tbtnCross CheckOnClick   false      tbtnCross Click    new EventHandler tbtnCross Click                  void tbtnCross Click object sender  EventArgs e                ToolStripButton target   sender as ToolStripButton          target Checked    target Checked          also  You can create toggle button list like this           private void Form1 Load object sender  EventArgs e                arrToolView 0    tbtnCross          arrToolView 1    tbtnLongtitude          arrToolView 2    tbtnTerrain          arrToolView 3    tbtnResult          for  int i   0  i lt arrToolView Length  i                          arrToolView i  CheckOnClick   false              arrToolView i  Click    new EventHandler tbtnView Click                     InitTree               void tbtnView Click object sender  EventArgs e                ToolStripButton target   sender as ToolStripButton          if  target Checked  return          foreach  ToolStripButton btn in arrToolView                            btn Checked   false                    btn CheckState   CheckState Unchecked                    target Checked   true          target CheckState   CheckState Checked

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Changing a CheckBox appearance to Button will give you difficulty in adjustments  You cannot change its dimensions because its size depends on the size of your text or image   You can try this   initialize the count variable first to 1   int count   1   private void settingsBtn Click object sender  EventArgs e                count             if  count   2    0                        settingsPanel Show                      else                       settingsPanel Hide                      It s very simple but it works   Warning  This will work well with buttons that are occasionally used  i e  settings   the value of count in int long may be overloaded when used more than it s capacity without closing the app s process   Check data type ranges  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library s3f49ktz aspx   The Good News  If you re running an app that is not intended for use 24 7 all-year round  I think this is helpful  Important thing is that when the app s process ended and you run it again  the count will reset to 1

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You can just use a CheckBox and set its appearance to Button   CheckBox checkBox   new System Windows Forms CheckBox     checkBox Appearance   System Windows Forms Appearance Button

User · Answer

I ended up overriding the OnPaint and OnBackgroundPaint events and manually drawing the button exactly like I need it  It worked pretty well

User · Answer

How about this   Assuming you have System Windows Forms referenced   var cbtnToggler   new CheckBox    cbtnToggler Appearance   Appearance Button  cbtnToggler TextAlign   ContentAlignment MiddleCenter  cbtnToggler MinimumSize   new Size 75  25     To prevent shrinkage    Hope this helps

User · Answer

Check FlatStyle property  Setting it to  System  makes the checkbox sunken in my environment

User · Answer

Changing a CheckBox appearance to Button will give you difficulty in adjustments  You cannot change its dimensions because its size depends on the size of your text or image   You can try this   initialize the count variable first to 1   int count   1   private void settingsBtn Click object sender  EventArgs e                count             if  count   2    0                        settingsPanel Show                      else                       settingsPanel Hide                      It s very simple but it works   Warning  This will work well with buttons that are occasionally used  i e  settings   the value of count in int long may be overloaded when used more than it s capacity without closing the app s process   Check data type ranges  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library s3f49ktz aspx   The Good News  If you re running an app that is not intended for use 24 7 all-year round  I think this is helpful  Important thing is that when the app s process ended and you run it again  the count will reset to 1

User · Answer

I ended up overriding the OnPaint and OnBackgroundPaint events and manually drawing the button exactly like I need it  It worked pretty well

User · Answer

You can always code your own button with custom graphics and a PictureBox  though it won t necessarily match the Windows theme of your users

User · Answer

thers is a simple way to create toggle button  I test it in vs2010  It s perfect   ToolStripButton has a  Checked  property and a  CheckOnClik  property  You can use it to act as a toggle button  tbtnCross CheckOnClick   true    OR      tbtnCross CheckOnClick   false      tbtnCross Click    new EventHandler tbtnCross Click                  void tbtnCross Click object sender  EventArgs e                ToolStripButton target   sender as ToolStripButton          target Checked    target Checked          also  You can create toggle button list like this           private void Form1 Load object sender  EventArgs e                arrToolView 0    tbtnCross          arrToolView 1    tbtnLongtitude          arrToolView 2    tbtnTerrain          arrToolView 3    tbtnResult          for  int i   0  i lt arrToolView Length  i                          arrToolView i  CheckOnClick   false              arrToolView i  Click    new EventHandler tbtnView Click                     InitTree               void tbtnView Click object sender  EventArgs e                ToolStripButton target   sender as ToolStripButton          if  target Checked  return          foreach  ToolStripButton btn in arrToolView                            btn Checked   false                    btn CheckState   CheckState Unchecked                    target Checked   true          target CheckState   CheckState Checked

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use if command to check status and let operate as a toggle button   private void Protection ON OFF Button Click object sender  EventArgs e                         if  FolderAddButton Enabled    true                                FolderAddButton Enabled   false                            else                               FolderAddButton Enabled   true

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