xtd_forms examples

This folder contains all examples used by xtd::forms docmentation and more.

Hello Worlds

• hello_world_emoticons The classic first application "Hello, World!" with xtd::forms::emoticons component.
• hello_world_label The classic first application "Hello, World!" with xtd::forms::label control.
• hello_world_message_box The classic first application "Hello, World!" with xtd::forms::message_box control.
• hello_world_paint The classic first application "Hello, Wrold!" with GDI+ drawing objects.

Application

• application shows how to create an application with xtd::forms::application class.
• application_context shows how to create an application with xtd::forms::application class with xtd::forms::application_context class.
• application_enable_dark_mode shows how to enable dark mode with xtd::forms::application class with xtd::forms::application_context class.
• application_enable_light_mode shows how to enable light mode with xtd::forms::application class with xtd::forms::application_context class.
• application_icon shows how to set application icon with cmake application_icon().
• application_use_wait_cursor shows how to show and hide wait cursor application with xtd::forms::application class with xtd::forms::application_context class.

Common Controls

• button represents a Windows xtd::forms::button control.
• buttons Show how to use buttons factory with xtd::forms::buttons control.
• check_box represents a Windows xtd::forms::check_box control.
• check_boxs Show how to use check boxes factory with xtd::forms::check_boxs factory.
• checked_list_box represents a Windows control to display a list of check box.
• choice represents a xtd::forms::choice control.
• combo_box represents a Windows xtd::forms::combo_boxcontrol.
• command_link_button represents a Windows xtd::forms::command_link_button control.
• control defines the base class for controls, which are components with visual representation.
• domain_up_down represents a Windows spin box (also known as an up-down control) that displays string values.
• hscroll_bar represents a standard Windows horizontal scroll bar.
• label represents a standard Windows xtd::forms::label.
• link_label represents a Windows label control that can display hyperlinks.
• list_box represents a Windows control to display a list of items.
• list_view represents a Windows list view control, which displays a collection of items that can be displayed using one of four different views.
• masked_text_box uses a mask to distinguish between proper and improper user input.
• month_calendar specifies values for navigating among accessible objects.
• notify_icon specifies a component that creates an icon in the notification area. This class cannot be inherited.
• numeric_up_down represents a Windows spin box (also known as an up-down control) that displays numeric values.
• picture_box represents a Windows picture box control for displaying an image.
• progress_bar represents a Windows xtd::forms::progress_bar control.
• radio_button enables the user to select a single option from a group of choices when paired with other xtd::forms::radio_button controls.
• radio_buttons Show how to use radio buttons factory with xtd::forms::radio_buttons factory.
• rich_text_box represents a Windows rich text box control.
• splitter represents a splitter control that enables the user to resize docked controls. Splitter has been replaced by SplitContainer and is provided only for compatibility with previous versions.
• switch_button represents a xtd::forms::switch_button control.
• text_box represents a Windows xtd::forms::text_box control.
• tool_tip Represents a small rectangular pop-up window that displays a brief description of a control's purpose when the user rests the pointer on the control.
• toggle_button represents a xtd::forms::toggle_button control.
• track_bar represents a standard Windows xtd::forms::track_bar.
• tree_view displays a hierarchical collection of labeled items, each represented by a TreeNode.
• up_down_button represents a Windows spin button.
• user_control defines the base class for user controls.
• vscroll_bar represents a standard Windows vertical scroll bar.
• web_browser enables the user to navigate Web pages inside your form.

Picker Controls

• color_picker represents a Windows control that allows the user to select and display a color.
• date_time_picker represents a Windows control that allows the user to select a date and a time and to display the date and time with a specified format.
• font_picker represents a Windows control that allows the user to select and display a font.

Container controls

• flow_layout_panel represents a panel that dynamically lays out its contents horizontally or vertically.
• form represents a window or dialog box that makes up an application's user interface.
• group_box represents a Windows control that displays a frame around a group of controls with an optional caption.
• panel used to group collections of controls.
• split_container represents a control consisting of a movable bar that divides a container's display area into two resizable panels.
• tab_control manages a related set of tab pages.
• table_layout_panel represents a panel that dynamically lays out its contents in a grid composed of rows and columns.

Controls

• dot_matrix_display represents a xtd::forms::fourteen_segment_display control.
• fourteen_segment_display represents a xtd::forms::fourteen_segment_display control.
• lcd_label represents a xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• nine_segment_display represents a xtd::forms::nine_segment_display control.
• seven_segment_display represents a xtd::forms::seven_segment_display control.
• sixteen_segment_display represents a xtd::forms::sixteen_segment_display control.

Custom Controls

• line demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::user_controlcontrol to draw simple lines.
• numeric_text_box demonstrates the customize xtd::forms::text_box control.

Menus and Toolbars

• menu provides a menu system for a form.
• context_menu_strip represents a shortcut menu.
• menu_strip provides a menu system for a form.
• status_strip represents a Windows status bar control.
• tool_strip provides a container for Windows toolbar objects.
• tool_strip_container provides panels on each side of the form and a central panel that can hold one or more controls.

Datas

• binding_navigator represents the navigation and manipulation user interface (UI) for controls on a form that are bound to data.
• binding_source encapsulates the data source for a form.
• chart
• data_grid_view displays data in a customizable grid.
• data_set

Components

• background_worker executes an operation on a separate thread.
• button_images represents common images collection can be used for button.
• button_renderer show how to use xtd::forms::button_renderer renderer.
• check_box_renderer show how to use xtd::forms::check_box_renderer renderer.
• countries shows how to use xtd::forms::coutries collection and xtd::forms::country component.
• cursors shows how to used xtd::forms::cursors collection and xtd::forms::cursor component.
• emoticons shows how to used xtd::forms::emoticons collection and xtd::forms::emoticon component.
• directory_entry The DirectoryEntry class encapsulates a node or object in the Active Directory Domain Services hierarchy.
• directory_searcher performs queries against Active Directory Domain Services.
• error_provider provides a user interface for indicating that a control on a form has an error associated with it.
• event_log provides interaction with Windows event logs.
• file_system_watcher listens to the file system change notifications and raises events when a directory, or file in a directory, changes.
• help_provider provides pop-up or online Help for controls.
• image_list provides methods to manage a collection of Image objects. This class cannot be inherited.
• message_queue provides access to a queue on a Message Queuing server.
• performance_counter represents a Windows NT performance counter component.
• process provides access to local and remote processes and enables you to start and stop local system processes.
• radio_button_renderer show how to use xtd::forms::radio_button_renderer renderer.
• screen represents a display device or multiple display devices on a single system.
• settings represents settings application.
• serial_port represents a serial port resource.
• service_controler represents a Windows service and allows you to connect to a running or stopped service, manipulate it, or get information about it.
• system_images demonstrates the use of xtd::drawing::system_images class.
• texts shows how to used xtd::forms::texts collection.
• timer implements a timer that raises an event at user-defined intervals. This timer is optimized for use in Windows Forms applications and must be used in a window.
• use_wait_cursor shows how to use xtd::forms::use_wait_cursor component.

Printing

• page_setup_dialog enables users to change page-related print settings, including margins and paper orientation. This class cannot be inherited.
• print_dialog lets users select a printer and choose which sections of the document to print from a Windows Forms application.
• print_document defines a reusable object that sends output to a printer, when printing from a Windows Forms application.
• print_preview_control represents the raw preview part of print previewing from a Windows Forms application, without any dialog boxes or buttons. Most PrintPreviewControl objects are found on PrintPreviewDialog objects, but they do not have to be.
• print_preview_dialog represents a dialog box form that contains a PrintPreviewControl for printing from a Windows Forms application.

Common Dialogs

• color_dialog represents a common dialog box that displays available colors along with controls that enable the user to define custom colors.
• folder_browser_dialog prompts the user to select a folder.
• font_dialog prompts the user to choose a font from among those installed on the local computer.
• input_dialog prompts the user to input text.
• open_file_dialog displays a standard dialog box that prompts the user to open a file.
• save_file_dialog prompts the user to select a location for saving a file.

Dialogs

• about_dialog represents a common dialog box that displays about box.
• message_box displays a message window, also known as a dialog box, which presents a message to the user. It is a modal window, blocking other actions in the application until the user closes it. A MessageBox can contain text, buttons, and symbols that inform and instruct the user.
• find_replace_dialog represents a find replace dialog box.

Custom Dialogs

• user_dialog demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::form as dialog.

Events

• application_idle shows how to create an application with xtd::forms::application class and idle event.
• key_events demonstrates the use of key events.
• mouse_events demonstrates the use of mouse events.
• enable_changed_event demonstrates the use of enable_changed event.
• font_changed_event demonstrates the use of font_changed event.
• form_click demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::form control and click event.
• form_and_messages demonstrates some events received by xtd::forms::form.
• form_paint demonstrates paint event with xtd::forms::form.
• wnd_proc demonstrates the use of wnd_proc method.

Others

• auto_scroll demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::panel container with xtd::forms/scrollable_control::auto_scroll.
• bitmap_button demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::button control and xtd::drawing::image].
• button2 demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::button control.
• button3 demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::button control.
• button4 demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::button control.
• clock demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• colored_forms demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::form control and xtd::drawing::color class.
• colored_tab_pages demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::tab_control and colored xtd::forms::tab_page controls.
• colors demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::user_control control with xtd::drawing::color.
• docked_panels demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::panel container with xtd::forms::dock_style.
• font_family demonstrates the use of xtd::drawing::font_family class.
• form_and_main demonstrates how to use startup_ keyword.
• form_and_thread demonstrates how a thread can update ui with xtd::forms::control::invoke method.
• form_window_state demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::form window state.
• form2 represents a window or dialog box that makes up an application's user interface.
• group_box_and_check_box demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::group_box container and xtd::forms::check_box control.
• group_box_and_radio_button demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::group_box container and xtd::forms::radio_button control.
• labels_and_unicode_text demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::label control and Unicode text.
• lcd_label_with_dot_matrix representsthe use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• lcd_label_with_fourteen_segment representsthe use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• lcd_label_with_nine_segment representsthe use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• lcd_label_with_seven_segment representsthe use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• lcd_label_with_sixteen_segment representsthe use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• lcd_label2 representsthe use of xtd::forms::lcd_label control.
• painting demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::form, xtd::forms::panel, xtd::forms::track_bar and xtd::forms::button controls with mouse_down, mouse_move and paint events..
• smileys demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::label control.
• some_controls demonstrates the use of some controls.
• stopwatch_form demonstrates the use of stopwatch class, xtd::forms::label and xtd::forms::button controls.
• system_sound demonstrates the use of xtd::media::system_sound component.
• text_box_multiline represents a Windows xtd::forms::text_box control.
• text_box_password represents a Windows xtd::forms::text_box control.
• texts demonstrates the use of xtd::forms::texts strings.
• wiggly shows how to animate a user control using timer and timer::event. In addition, the example demonstrates how to use graphics::measure_string to determine the size of text on screen.
• All You can see all examples here.

Games

• game_of_life The Game of Life is not your typical computer game. It is a 'cellular automaton', and was invented by Cambridge mathematician John Conway.
• minesweeper The goal of the game is to uncover all the squares that do not contain mines.

Tutorial

• simple a very basic xtd_forms program.