windowsforms-devexpress-dot-skins-dot-skinmanager-3e6f71a4.md
Enables the title bar skinning feature for MDI child DevExpress forms.
Namespace : DevExpress.Skins
Assembly : DevExpress.Utils.v25.2.dll
NuGet Packages : DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core
public static void EnableMdiFormSkins()
Public Shared Sub EnableMdiFormSkins
To enable the title bar skinning feature for MDI child DevExpress forms, call the SkinManager.EnableFormSkins and then the EnableMdiFormSkins method at the application start.
It’s possible to call the SkinManager.EnableFormSkins and EnableMdiFormSkins methods later. In this instance, the DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged method needs to be called after enabling skins.
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins();
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged();
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins()
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged()
The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the EnableMdiFormSkins() method.
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winforms-lookup-custom-draw-rows-cells-column-headers/CS/WindowsApplication3/Program.cs#L17
SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins();
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
winforms-mvvm--create-documents-navigate-between-views/CS/WindowsApplication3/Program.cs#L19
SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins();
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
winforms-grid-copy-paste/CS/Programcs.cs#L20
SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins();
Application.Run(new Main());
winforms-grid-rename-grid-filters-save-restore-layout/CS/WindowsApplication3/Program.cs#L20
SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins();
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
winforms-ribbon-merge-mdi/CS/RibbonMerging/Program.cs#L16
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins();
Application.Run(new Form1());
winforms-lookup-custom-draw-rows-cells-column-headers/VB/WindowsApplication3/Program.vb#L16
Call SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
Call SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins()
Call Application.EnableVisualStyles()
winforms-mvvm--create-documents-navigate-between-views/VB/WindowsApplication3/Program.vb#L23
SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins()
Application.EnableVisualStyles()
winforms-grid-copy-paste/VB/Programcs.vb#L24
SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins()
Application.Run(New Main())
winforms-grid-rename-grid-filters-save-restore-layout/VB/WindowsApplication3/Program.vb#L16
Call SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
Call SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins()
Call Application.EnableVisualStyles()
winforms-ribbon-merge-mdi/VB/RibbonMerging/Program.vb#L16
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins()
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableMdiFormSkins()
Call Application.Run(New Form1())
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