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Smart Button

.NET Framework 4.8.NET 6 / 8 / 10v4.0.0WinForms

A highly customisable menu button .NET Control for WinForms

7public types

78public members

2namespaces

Assembly

Assembly	`Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.BinarySmartButton.dll`
Root namespace	`Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.ButtonControls`
Target frameworks	.NET Framework 4.8, .NET 6 / 8 / 10
Depends on	`BinaryMenu`, `Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.ExtendedMenuControls`

Getting started

using Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.ButtonControls;

// Designer: build the solution once, then drag SmartButton from the Toolbox onto a form.
// In code:
var smartButton = new SmartButton
{
    Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
};
this.Controls.Add(smartButton);

API reference

`Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.ButtonControls`

delegate `AboutToTheShowContextMenuOnMenuButton`	A specialized event handler signature for the control's event `OnAboutToTheShowContextMenuOnMenuButton`.
enum `ButtonStyles`	BinarySmartButton control supports two styles of Button, viz., Normal and MenuButton.
class `ContextMenuProperties`	A helper class to support setting up custom /user defined drawing properties for the drop-down context menu (used when the control style is set to MenuButton style (refer to details of this style in the `ButtonStyles` enumeration).
class `ContextMenuPropertiesTypeConverter`	Custom `ExpandableObjectConverter` derived class to support expandable properties editing in VS.NET property editor window.
class `SmartButton`	BinarySmartButton .NET control is an extended and feature-rich replacement for the standard .NET Framework Button control.
enum `XPThemes`	Enumerates the list of supported XP themes that the control can emulate.

`Binarymission.WinForms.Controls.ButtonControls.SmartButtonControls.Models`

enum DropDownMenuRendererThemeKind The built-in themes a smart button's drop-down menu can be drawn with.