Have you ever got tired of applying the same properties over and over to controls such as anchoring? Well this is where Styles come into play, one of the new additions to PowerShell Studio\u2019s Designer.<\/p>\n
So what is a Style?<\/em><\/p>\n Styles are a set of predefined properties that you can quickly assign to one or more controls within the designer.<\/p>\n Applying Styles:<\/strong><\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at some sample Styles and how you apply them. You start by opening the designer and selecting the control(s) you wish to apply a Style to.<\/p>\n Next you can access the Style List by using:<\/p>\n The Designer Context Menu:<\/p>\n Or the Ribbon:<\/p>\n The quickest method is to use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + L<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next you will be presented with a list of Styles you can apply to the selected control(s).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some Styles only apply to a specific control type. You can check the \u201cShow styles for same type only\u201d checkbox to only display control specific styles.<\/p>\n (If a Style only applies to a specific type, the type will be displayed in blue.)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The following are example uses for styles:<\/p>\n The Console Font Style <\/strong>changes the control\u2019s font to a fixed sized font. This style is useful for displaying PowerShell output in a TextBox.<\/p>\n Before applying Style:<\/p>\n After applying Style:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Use the OK Button Style<\/strong> to convert any button into a OK button.<\/p>\n Before applying Style:<\/p>\n After applying Style:<\/p>\n The Button\u2019s text is changed to \u201cOK\u201d and the DialogResult property is also changed to \u2018OK\u2019 , which triggers the form to close when the button is pressed (See: Spotlight on the Button Control<\/a> blog article).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Creating New Styles:<\/strong><\/p>\n Now, not only can you use preexisting Styles but you can also create your own custom Styles.<\/p>\n To create a new Style you must first select the control you wish to use as a template.<\/p>\n In this case, I want to create a Style that applies a blue color to text.<\/p>\n In this example, we will use the button control as a base.<\/p>\n Next select the Create Style option (Ctrl + Shift + L<\/strong>):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You will be presented with the \u201cCreate Style Template\u201d dialog:<\/p>\n The dialog displays the selected source control (only one source control per style).<\/p>\n Next you can choose to limit the Style to a \u2018Matching Type\u2019 or to apply it to \u2018Any Type\u2019.<\/p>\n In this case, we want to apply this style to \u2018Any Type\u2019. If you chose the \u2018Matching Type\u2019 options, the style could only have been applied to Buttons.<\/p>\n Next enter creator information and the mandatory description of the Style:<\/p>\n After entering the description, you must check all the properties of the template control you would like the Style to incorporate.<\/p>\n In this case, we only want the ForeColor, which is set to blue beforehand on the button.<\/p>\n Next press the \u2018Create\u2019 button and save the new Style:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now apply the new Style to other controls:<\/p>\n What\u2019s cool is that you can apply multiple styles to multiple controls at once.<\/p>\n The controls after applying multiple Styles:<\/p>\n![\"Select](\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Select-Controls.png\" "\\"Select")
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