ModernButtons.WinForms 1.0.0

ModernButtons.WinForms

Stop using ugly, 3D gray inputs. Upgrade to anti-aliased, hardware-accelerated Modern Buttons for Windows Forms.

🛑 The Problem with Standard WinForms Buttons

The default WinForms Button is infamous for its harsh gray 3D borders. Achieving smooth rounded corners, custom hover states, and dynamic dark mode styling using the native control is virtually impossible without breaking the click boundaries or losing native routing support.

🟢 The Podargus Solution

ModernButtons.WinForms provides a premium, zero-dependency input. It completely overrides the GDI+ drawing engine to deliver flawless rounded edges and tactile hover/press animations, while perfectly maintaining inheritance from the native System.Windows.Forms.Button class.

This means features like DialogResult, AcceptButton, CancelButton, and standard click events work exactly as expected out of the box!

🚀 Key Features

• 🎨 Primary & Secondary Modes: Easily toggle between filled accent buttons (IsPrimary = true) and outlined secondary buttons (IsPrimary = false).
• ✨ Smooth Rounded Corners: Anti-aliased corner rendering with customizable border radii.
• 👆 Tactile Animations: Backgrounds dynamically lighten on hover and darken with a tactile shift when pressed.
• 🏢 Enterprise Branding: Set Style to Custom to unlock 100% control over Primary, Hover, Pressed, and Text hex colors to perfectly match your corporate brand guidelines.
• 🌗 Native Dark Mode: Automatically adapts text and background contrast based on your active Theme mode.
• 🎭 5 Core Styles: Full support for the Podargus Design Matrix (Dark/Light × DashboardPremium, FluentGlass, MaterialFlat, SoftNeumorphic, Cyberpunk).

📦 Installation

Package Manager Console

Install-Package ModernButtons.WinForms

.NET CLI

dotnet add package ModernButtons.WinForms

⚡ Quick Start & Code Examples

1. Global Theme Configuration

Instantly switch the look of your inputs to match your application's aesthetic.

using Podargus.UI.Controls.WinForms.ModernButtons.Enums;

btnSubmit.Theme = ThemeMode.Dark;
btnSubmit.Style = ButtonDesignStyle.DashboardPremium;

2. Creating a Primary Action Button

Creates a solid, glowing accent button intended for main actions (e.g., Save, Submit, Deploy).

using Podargus.UI.Controls.WinForms.ModernButtons;
using Podargus.UI.Controls.WinForms.ModernButtons.Enums;

var btnSave = new ModernButton
{
    Text = "Save Changes",
    IsPrimary = true,
    BorderRadius = 6,
    Theme = ThemeMode.Dark,
    Style = ButtonDesignStyle.DashboardPremium,
    Size = new Size(150, 40)
};

btnSave.Click += (s, e) => MessageBox.Show("Saved successfully!");
this.Controls.Add(btnSave);

3. Creating a Secondary Outline Button

Creates an outlined button intended for secondary or dismissive actions (e.g., Cancel, Close).

var btnCancel = new ModernButton
{
    Text = "Cancel",
    IsPrimary = false, // Renders as an outline button
    DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel, // Works natively with WinForms!
    Theme = ThemeMode.Dark,
    Size = new Size(100, 40)
};

this.Controls.Add(btnCancel);

4. Fully Custom Branding

Need to match exact corporate hex codes? Use the Custom style to unlock manual color overrides.

var btnBrand = new ModernButton
{
    Text = "Custom Brand Button",
    Style = ButtonDesignStyle.Custom,
    CustomPrimaryColor = Color.Crimson,
    CustomHoverColor = Color.LightCoral,
    CustomPressedColor = Color.DarkRed,
    CustomTextColor = Color.White,
    BorderRadius = 12
};
this.Controls.Add(btnBrand);

🎨 Theme & Style Matrix

⚙️ Specifications

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See the repository LICENSE file for details.

Maintained by Podargus

Building zero-dependency, ultra-performance developer workflows and hardware-accelerated UI components.