Aero-Style Windows Explorer Bar for .NET

Good morning,

I am looking for a free implementation of the Windows Explorer menu bar introduced with the Aero theme back in Vista... I am talking about the bar which is just below the address bar when you open Explorer (and in case you don't have the old menu bar visible by default开发者_JS百科) that says, for instance, "Organize" or "Open Control Panel"... Is anyone aware of such a control for .NET?

Thank you very much.

I'm not sure that you actually need a free control when you can get the original toolstrip control to mimic the appearance pretty close.

Here's how I did it:

1. Drag a toolstrip control to your Form
2. Open Properties and change
   • GripStyle to Hidden,
   • RenderMode to System,
   • AutoSize to false, and
   • Set size to a larger Height, (34 is pretty close to the one in Explorer)
   • add some Padding (I chose 5 on all)
3. Open the Items property and add a dropdownbutton and select it
   • Change DisplayStyle to Text
   • Change Text to "Organize"
   • Change AutoSize to false
   • Change the Height to 28 or something close
4. Click OK and go to the events for the toolstrip
5. Enter a function name for the Paint event (or just double click) and enter the code snippet below

private void toolStrip1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e) { e.Graphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(227, 239, 240)), 0, 17, toolStrip1.Width, toolStrip1.Height); }

So okay, the colors are wrong, but that's pretty close, wouldn't you agree?