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Visibility of groupboxes in Windows Vista

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JD:
Hi all,

In XP, the GroupBox caption is blue while its border is a distinctive visible shade of grey. In Vista however, the groupbox caption is black & its border looks engraved on the form!

Does anyone know how I can mimic the XP look of groupboxes in Vista?

Thanks for your suggestions!  :D

Troodon:
I think that is controlled by Windows.

JD:

--- Quote from: Troodon on March 26, 2010, 07:19:19 pm ---I think that is controlled by Windows.

--- End quote ---

Is there any way to override that behaviour? Will it involve looking at Win32 API functions?

Troodon:
I don't know whether that is possible or not. However, each widget set has its own design and consistency. What you are asking is equivalent to: "Can I change the widget set look and feel for my application?" As a user I would expect an application running on XP to have the XP look and feel; the same on Vista.

JD:

--- Quote from: Troodon on March 26, 2010, 09:59:47 pm ---As a user I would expect an application running on XP to have the XP look and feel; the same on Vista.

--- End quote ---

You have a point there but it wouldn't hurt to be able to change just the caption of the groupbox to blue colour like XP.

So I guess I'm just thinking wishfully!  :-\ 

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