Components similar to Delphi VCL Buttons, Toolbar, DbNavigator, BindNavigator, ButtonGroup and CategoryButtons with Custom Graphic Styles, and an advanced, full-customizable TaskDialog, also with animations!
StyledComponents is a set of VCL components for Delphi (32 and 64 bit) that allow you to overcome the limits imposed by standard VCL components, maintaining 100% compatibility of the properties.
You can easily use them, as a replacement for the standard ones, as well as to provide new features.
The main limitations of the buttons and components of the VCL are the shape and color, defined by the operating system.
With StyledComponents you can overcome these limits in a simple way. You can:
- Control the shape of the button
- Control button and border color (without limits) for every button state.
- Use "families" of predefined styles as in the WEB environment (e.g. Angular or Bootstrap)
- Adapt to the colors of the VCL styles, keeping the shape of the button consistent
- The appearance is identical in “Windows” mode or by applying VCL styles to the application
Last, but not least, with StyledTaskDialog you can control appearance of your Message Dialogs in any aspect. Using Skia4Delphi you can also add animated Icons to your messages.
…all available from the Delphi XE6 version (which allows the use of GDI+, used for button drawing).
using only few properties you can setup your Button in a very simple way.
With three values, you can select predefined ready styles for button color, border and font color:
- StyleFamily: the "Family" of a Style (eg.Classic or Bootstrap or Angular)
- StyleClass: a collection of predefined button style of the selected Family
- Style Appearance: eg.Normal or Outline
- StyleDrawType
btRoundRect (default) |
btRect |
btRounded |
btEllipse |
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- StyleRoundedCorners: used for RoundRect and Rounded DrawType
- StyleRadius: used for btRoundRect DrawType
StyledComponents offers more options then standard components, such as:
- Down, AllowUp and GroupIndex to use them in "group"
- Caption alignment (left, centered, right)
- Presence of Captions (with alignment) and customizable icons via ImageList in TStyledDBNavigator and TStyledBindNavigator
- Ability to change icon position and caption alignment in TStyledButtonGroup and TStyledCategoryButtons
- Different appearance for buttons Items of TStyledToolbar, TStyledButtonGroup and TStyledCategoryButtons
- Notification Badge for all StyledButtons
- Animated icons using, TStyledAnimatedButton
…finally, a component for Dialogs is available, completely customizable, which uses custom images or animations and StyledButtons within it, to be 100% consistent with the rest of the application.
Notice: by default the cursor for all Styled Buttons is crHandPoint.
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TStyledGraphicButton is a "pure" Graphic Button with Styles (eg. Classic, Bootstrap, Angular, Basic-Color, SVG-Color) with support of ImageList, Action and full configuration of five states: Normal, Pressed, Selected, Hot and Disabled. You can use it also into a TVirtualList component. |
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TStyledButton is classic "button control" with Styles (eg. Classic, Bootstrap, Angular, Basic-Color, SVG-Color) with support of ImageList, Action and full configuration of five states: Normal, Pressed, Selected, Hot and Disabled, plus Focus and TabStop support. You can easily replace all of your TButton components. |
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TStyledToolbar is a Toolbar that uses StyledToolButton, with full customizable of every button style and full control over the size of the buttons, also when Captions are visible. The width and height of the StyledToolButtons inside, do not depends on Caption size, as in classic TToolBar. |
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TStyledDbNavigator is a special "DbNavigator" component, with Styles (eg. Classic, Bootstrap, Angular, Basic-Color, SVG-Color), plus Button captions and better "move" icons in vertical mode. |
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TStyledBindNavigator is a special "BindNavigator" component, with Styles (eg. Classic, Bootstrap, Angular, Basic-Color, SVG-Color), plus Button captions and better "move" icons in vertical mode. |
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TStyledButtonGroup is a special "ButtonGroup" component with Styles (eg. Classic, Bootstrap, Angular, Basic-Color, SVG-Color) plus ImagePosition, CaptionAlignment and Flat properties, for adding more controls to the appearance of Buttons. |
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TStyledCategoryButtons is a special "CategoryButtons" component with Styles (eg. Classic, Bootstrap, Angular, Basic-Color, SVG-Color) plus ImagePosition, CaptionAlignment and Flat properties, for adding more controls to the appearance of Buttons. |
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TStyledTaskDialog is a special "TaskDialog" component (to replace MessageDlg and TaskDlg) with custom Button Captions and Icons. Using a special Form you can show a full customizable Dialog. Using Skia4Delpghi you can show animated dialogs! |
For "backward compatibily", you can also use those components.
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TStyledSpeedButton derives from TStyledGraphicButton, and introduce Layout, Margin and Spacing properties, to control Drawing (Icon and Caption) as a standard TSpeedButton. You can also use Glyph and NumGlyphs. |
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TStyledBitBtn derives from TStyledButton, and introduce Layout, Margin and Spacing properties, to control Drawing (Icon and Caption) as a standard TBitBtn. You can also use Glyph and NumGlyphs. |
Those components uses some properties to Draw Icon and Caption in a different way:
- A Glyph and NumGlyphs for the Icon of the button (not reccomended, because doesn't scale)
- The position of the caption, using ButtonLayout instead and Margin (instead of ImageAlignment and ImageMargins)
- The space between the Icon and the Caption, defined by spacing.
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TStyledAnimatedButton is Styled Button with with "animated icon" using a Skia TSkAnimatedImage component inside. You can select the events that starts the animation, like: AnimateOnMouseOver, AnimateOnClick, AnimateAlways, AnimateOnFocus. |
Open the package group Vcl.StyledComponents.groupproj from the correct folder of your Delphi version (eg. \StyledComponents\Packages\D12).
Then build the run-time package: StyledComponentsXXX and install the design-time package: dclStyledComponentsXXX.
Remember to add the "{Folder}\StyledComponents\source" path to use the components in your application or the library path "{Folder}\StyledComponents\Lib\DXX\WinXX\Release"
If you want to use also the Animated Components, you need Skia4Delphi previously installed in your IDE (In Delphi 12 it's already installed).
Open the package group Vcl.StyledAnimatedComponents.groupproj from the correct folder of your Delphi version (eg. \StyledComponents\Packages\D12).
Then build the run-time package: StyledAnimatedComponentsXXX and install the design-time package: dclStyledAnimatedComponentsXXX.
if you need package for other Delphi version not included (newer than XE6) please add a new Issue
TStyledGraphicButton, TStyledButton, TStyledBitBtn and TStyledSpeedButton are designed to expand Button UI styles to break the limits of classic VCL Button components.
The Button Styles defined are not affected by VCLStyles and are also visibile on a "non styled" Windows application, so you can have more than a single Button styled also using VCLStyles.
You can build Rectangular, Rounded or RoundRect or Ellipsis/Circle button as you prefer.
using only three elements you can setup your Button in a very simple way:
- StyleFamily: the main attribute for Styled Button
- StyleClass: a collection of predefined button style
- Style Appearance: eg.Normal or Outline
Component editor for TStyledGraphicButton and StyledButton:
To simplify use of the Styled Buttons, there is a useful "Component Editor" to select three values that defines Button Style:
List of available StyleFamily
- Classic: a collection of Styles similar to VCLStyled TButton
- Bootstrap: a collection of Styles similar to Bootstrap buttons
- Angular-Light: a collection of styles similar to Angular buttons
- Angular-Dark: a collection of styles similar to Angular buttons
- Basic-Color: a collection of styles based to Delphi "normal" and "System" Color collection
- SVG-Color: a collection of styles based to Delphi "AlphaColors" Color collection
Control the default rendering styles for any Styled Buttons, Toolbars and DbNavigator
It's possible to redefine at global application level the default Drawing styles for any Components, adding some line in your project file. For Example:
Add those units in uses of dpr:
Vcl.StyledButton,
Vcl.ButtonStylesAttributes,
Vcl.StyledDbNavigator,
Vcl.StyledToolbar,Add those lines after Application.Initialize in dpr code:
TStyledButton.RegisterDefaultRenderingStyle(btRounded);
TStyledDbNavigator.RegisterDefaultRenderingStyle(btRounded);
TStyledToolbar.RegisterDefaultRenderingStyle(btRect);You can also use a Family/Class/Appearance of any type, for example:
TStyledButton.RegisterDefaultRenderingStyle(btRoundRect, BOOTSTRAP_FAMILY, btn_primary, BOOTSTRAP_NORMAL);You can also use Interposer Unit (Vcl.StyledComponentsHooks.pas) to easily change all Buttons of your application.
New Template unit to create your custom Family Styles
NOTICE: from version 3.5.3 there is a new unit "Vcl.TemplateButtonStyles.pas" you can use to create your own Family of Button Styles, as explained here
New RoundedCorners options
NOTICE: from version 3.5.0 the new RoundedCorners property was added to all of the Styled Buttons, to enable/disable Rounding drawing, as showed in this example:
New Notification Badge for buttons
NOTICE: from version 3.3.3 the new NotificationBadge property was added to all of the Styled Buttons.
Read Notification Badge guide to explorer how it works...
New Rounded Button Style
Be careful with your existing dfm and code files: if you have stored StyleDrawType = btRounded you must change it with btRoundRect, or remove it, because is the default value.
In this picture the new "full-rounded" Style introduced in 3.2 version, in "VCL-Styled" Style Demo
In this picture the Component Editor selecting "Boostrap" styles and StyleRadius 18: Style Appearance can be Normal or Outline
In this picture, the Component Editor selecting "AngularUI" styles: Style Appearance can be Flat, Raised, Basic, Stroked
In this picture, the Component Editor selecting "Classic" styles: Style Appearance can be Normal or Outline
In this picture, the Component Editor selecting "Basic-Colors" styles and Rounded StyleDrawType: Style Appearance are Normal and Outline
In this picture, the Component Editor selecting "SVG-Color" styles: Style Appearance can be Normal or Outline
Look at the Demo Folder:
Demos\StyledButtonsDemo\DelphiNNN\StyledButtonsDemo.dpr
A simple demo to show the use of Buttons in many different ways...
In the demo you can test many different ways to obtain Styled Button, Icon, FAB...
Demos\StyledButtonsDemo\Delphi11+\StyledButtonInControlList
A simple demo to show how to use StyledGraphicButton into a ControlList (only for D11+)
Demos\StyledButtonsDemo\Delphi10_4+\StyledButtonsVCLStyled.dpr
A simple demo to show how StyledButton with "Classic" Family is compatible with VCL Styles (only for D10.4+)
Demos\StyledAnimatedButtonsDemo\DelphiXE7+\AnimatedButtonsTest.dpr
A simple demo to show StyledAnimatedButton and StyledAnimatedTaskDialog (available from Delphi XE7+ using Skia4Delphi)
Demos\RoundedCornersDemo\DelphiXXX\StyledRoundedCornersExamples.dpr
A simple demo to show StyledRoundedCorners options applied to many Styled Components
TStyledToolbar (and TStyledToolButtons) shows a Toolbar like a classic TToolbar but with the same Style attributes that can be assigned to Styled Graphic Buttons.
In the StyledToolbar demo, you can see how to use this component, compared to the classic Delphi TToolBar.
In this picture, the Toolbar Demo compares the StyledToolbar and the classic Toolbar
The major differece is based on the control of the "size" of buttons when "ShowCaptions" is True: in standard Toolbar, the dimension is defined by the larger caption. In the StyledToolbar the dimension is always defined by "ButtonWidth" property.
TStyledDbNavigator (with TStyledNavButton buttons) shows a Navigator like a classic TDbNavigator but with the same Style attributes that can be assigned to Styled Graphic Buttons.
TStyledBindNavigator (with TStyledNavButton buttons) shows a Navigator like a classic TBindNavigator but with the same Style attributes that can be assigned to Styled Graphic Buttons.
In the TStyledDbNavigator demo, you can see how to use those components, compared to the classic Delphi TDbNavigator and TBindNavigator.
In this picture, the StyledDbNavigator and StyledBindNavigator with a custom imagelist for images and Captions visible
The major differences are:
- the possibility to set and show Captions on the StyledDbNavigator.
- The "Icons" with up/down directions when the navigator is displayed in vertical position.
- The icons are more readable (like the "Edit" one) and customized form VCL Styled in light and dark mode.
- It's possible to use a Custom Imagelist, to show other images on the buttons.
TStyledButtonGroup and TStyledCategoryButtons shows a list of buttons with flow or full-size layout, like a classic TButtonGroup or TCategoryButtons. You can define StylesFamily/StyleClass/StyleAppearance for every buttons at component level or change the Style on a single "Button" Item.
TStyledButtonGroup inherits from TButtonGroup, so you can continue to use it as the VCL component as showed in the Demo:
TStyledCategoryButtons inherits from TCategoryButtons, so you can continue to use it as the VCL component as showed in the Demo:
The major differences are:
- You can define a custom style for every buttons in the "Group" or "Categories"
- You can use a custom style for each button.
- You can specify Flat buttons.
- The Buttons caption can be aligned also at center or right.
- The Buttons icons can be aligned left, top, bottom, right, center.
- Additional Spacing and ImageMargins to control exact position of the Buttons icon and the Caption.
TStyledTaskDialog is designed to expand message/task dialog functionalities, fully customizable and also animation.
You can test Styled Dialogs with different "StyledButton set" (Classic, Angular, Bootstrap).
Also, you can use a custom form (inherited from "TStyledTaskDialogForm") to show your complete custom Dialog.
You can use the StyledTaskDialog in you application to replace MessageDlg and and TaskDialogs.
Add the unit Vcl.StyledTaskDialogFormUnit.pas your application.
If you are using Skia4Delphi and you want to use Animated Dialogs, add the unit Skia.Vcl.StyledTaskDialogAnimatedUnit.pas
then you must add the unit Vcl.StyledTaskDialog to your units and change the calls to standard Dialogs/TaskDialogs: MessageDlg -> StyledMessageDlg TaskDialog -> StyledTaskDialog
By default, StyledDialogs uses Segoe UI Font with Size 9 (stored into Vcl.StyledTaskDialogFormUnit.dfm). If you want to use another font/size you can call InitializeStyledTaskDialogs like in this example:
//Resize Standard Message Font to an higher size and select Arial character
Screen.MessageFont.Size := Round(Screen.MessageFont.Size*1.2);
Screen.MessageFont.Name := 'Arial';
//Inizialize the styled dialogs using "Bootstrap" styled buttons and the Screen.MessageFont
InitializeStyledTaskDialogs(True, Screen.MessageFont, BOOTSTRAP_FAMILY);Demos\StyledTaskDlgDemo and Demos\AnimatedTaskDialogDemo
A simple demo to show how to use StyledTaskDialog with custom icons using ImageList.
The main form is useful to test every format / buttons and type of dialogs.
Confirmation Dialog with custom font and English buttons
Warning Dialog with italians Buttons
A simple way to activate button captions is to change StyledComponents.inc file and activate {$Define ItaMessages}
Error Dialog
Custom Dialog
Shield Dialog with footer
If you are have Skia4Delphi installed, you can also try the AnimatedTaskDialogDemo, with nice animations:
Related links: embarcadero.com - learndelphi.org
16 May 2024: version 3.5.3
- Added unit Vcl.TemplateButtonStyles.pas
12 May 2024: version 3.5.2
- Fixed Storing Caption of StyledToolButton
03 May 2024: version 3.5.1
- Added AlphaBlendValue for StyledTaskDialogs
- Added Assign method for StyledToolbar and StyledDbNavigator
- Added option to change default Cursor
- Updated documentation
26 Apr 2024: version 3.5.0
- Added RoundedCorners options for StyledButtons, StyledButtonGroup, StyledCategoryButtons and StyleToolButton
- Update Component Editor for RoundedCorners options
- Added RondedCorners Examples and Demo projects
- Added AllowAllUp, GroupIndex and Down property also to TStyledButton
- Fixed Drawing Caption for TStyledToolButton and TStyledNavButton
- Added Gradient... properties and DrawingStyle, to StyledToolbar for backward compatibility
23 Apr 2024: version 3.4.5
- Enabled components into IDE using 64Bit Windows Platform
- Added ShowCaption property (default true) to StyledButtons
19 Apr 2024: version 3.4.4
- Fixed StyledDbNavigator icon resize
- Added TStyledButtonCategory to interposer unit
- Added packages for Delphi XE7
13 Apr 2024: version 3.4.3
- Fixed internal VirtualImageList for StyledDbNavigator
- Fixed resize icons for StyledDbNavigator and StyledToolbar changing monitor
- Added Interposer Unit (Vcl.StyledMessagesHooks.pas) for Messages
7 Apr 2024: version 3.4.2
- New packages for Delphi 12.1
- Added support for new Delphi 12.1 Styles (Windows11 Impressive Dark/Light)
- Fixed StyledButtonGroup e StyledCategoryButtons
5 Apr 2024: version 3.4.1
- Added StyledCategoryButtons Component
- Added StyledCategoryButtons Demo
- Fixed size of sample Button in Component Editor for StyledButtonGroup
3 Apr 2024: version 3.4.0
- Added StyledButtonGroup Component
- Added StyledButtonGroup Demo
- Fixed Registration of some Components/Properties into IDE
- Fixed TStyledBitBtn.Caption Stored in dfm as TBitBtn
- Fixed ResizeButtons after loading StyledToolBar
16 Mar 2024: version 3.3.3
- Added Notification Badge into all Styled Buttons
- Fixed apply StyleDrawType in component editor
9 Mar 2024: version 3.3.2
- Added AsVCLComponent property to Buttons to simplify backward compatibility
- Component Editor redesigned
- Added component TStyledBindNavigator
- Updated Packages and Demos
- Fixed rescaling images of TStyledDBNavigator
- Fixed GropIndex of TStyledToolButton
3 Mar 2024: version 3.3.1
- New version with three new components and many improvements:
- Added a more stable version of the Animated Styled Button Component (Using Skia4Delphi)
- Added a Demo for Animated Styled Button Component
- Added Packages for Animated Styled Button Component
- Added new TStyledSpeedButton and TStyledBitBtn, with Drawing using Spacing, Margin and Layout
- More properties for TStyledButton, for 100% backward compatibili with TButton:
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- Added CommandLinkHint and "bsCommandLink" mode for Style property
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- Added ElevationRequired Flag to automatically show "administrator-shield" icon
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- Added StylusHotImageIndex and StylusHotImageName properties
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- Added Down and GroupIndex and AllowAllUp to TStyledSpeedButton
- Added "Transparent" mode for TStyledGraphicButton and TStyledSpeedButton
- Added CaptionAlignment (LeftJustify, RightJustify and Center) to control Caption position
- Added Interposer Unit (Vcl.StyledComponentsHooks.pas) to easily replace standard VCL Buttons
- Added a section in the Wiki to explain how to replace standard VCL Buttons
- Fixed and optimized DoubleBuffered mode to avoid flickering
- Fixed Parent-Background painting
- Fixed minor bugs
18 Feb 2024: version 3.2.1
- Fixed rendering icons on StyledDbNavigator
- Fixed rendering Glyph for ImageIndex <> -1
- Fixed rendering button when placed into Form designer
03 Feb 2024: version 3.2.0
- Added "full-rounded button" DrawStyle
- Changed default for StyleDrawType from btRounded to btRoundRect
- StyleDrawType=btRounded now draw a "full-rounded button" (StyleRadius ignored)
- StyleDrawType=btRoundRect now draw a "button with rounded corners" (defined by StyleRadius)
- Added RegisterDefaultRenderingStyle for all classes (to define default rendering)
- Fixed storing CustomStyles Attributes info into dfm
- Fixed redraw when Enabled changed
- Fixed SplitButton triangle for Flat buttons
- Experimental: New Animated Buttons (Using Skia4Delphi)
02 Jan 2024: version 3.1.1
- Fixed Background color for component editor in Delphi 12
- Fixed Autosize/Wrapable for TStyledToolbar
23 Oct 2023: version 3.1.0
- Fixed FlatButton when disabled
- Fixed Autosize/Wrapable for TStyledToolbar
- Fixed Background Drawing
- Fixed default registration for StyledTaskDialogStd form
- Relesed on GetIt Package Manager
08 Oct 2023: version 3.0.0
- Complete refactoring using TStyledButtonRender to Render both TStyledGraphicButton and TStyledButton
- Removed "invisible" TStyledButtonFocusControl present in 2.x version: "Focus" and "TabStop" now works as in standard VCL Button
- Storing of properties in dfm are optimized with ActionLink
- Added support for Accelerator Keys and Keyboard Shortcuts
- Added new TStyledDbNavigator component
- Addeed "Flat" support to StyledButtons, StyledToolbar
- Added Glyph support (for retro-compatibility with TSpeedButton and TBitBtn)
- Fixed "Cancel" and "Default" click and focus
- Fixed flickering problems (using DoubleBuffering)
07 Sep 2023: version 2.1.0
- Added support for Delphi 12
- new "SplitButton" Style for Buttons and Toolbar, as in VCL, with DropDownMenu:
- Added property Style to TStyledGraphicButton/TStyledButton as in VCL TButton
- Added DropDownMenu for Style "bsSplitButton"
- Changed type TStyledToolButtonStyle to TToolButtonStyle (now uses the VCL type)
- Removed type TStyledButtonStyle, now uses the VCL type: TButtonStyle
- Renamed StyledToolbar.AutoWrap property to Wrapable (as in VCL Toolbar)
- Update VCL Styled Button Demo with more rendering options
- Fixed some problems with StyledToolbar and VCL-styled
10 Jul 2023: version 2.0.0
- Added two StyleFamily options: "Basic-Color" and "SVG-Color"
- Added new component: TStyledToolbar with Component-Editor
- Updated "Classic" family with full support of every VCL-Styles
- Updated "Component-Editor" and "Property-Editors"
- Added "WordWrap" property
- Added more Demos, like StyledToolbarDemo and StyledButtonsVCLStyled
23 Nov 2023: version 1.1.0
- Fixed AnimatedStyledDialog Demo
- Added gif to show AnimatedStyledDialog Demo
17 Nov 2022: version 1.0.0
- First official version StyledButton:
- Removed FontName from Specific Style
- Added PopUpMenu
- Automatic Style changing ModalResult
- Fixed Button Border size changing DPI of screen
- Fixed Outlined Appearance of "Classic" buttons
- Demo updated to show Buttons with ModalResult StyledDialog:
- Fixed width of Dialog changing DPI of screen
- Styles of buttons selectable by "Family"
- Fixed tabstop and focus of buttons
15 Nov 2022: version 0.9.9 StyledButton:
- Added Angular-Light and Angular-Dark Families
- Radius renamed to StyleRadius
- BorderType renamed to StyleDrawType
- Fixed MouseDown for GraphicButton
- Added CreateAndPosStyledButton global function
- Added AssignAttributes method
- Changed "Down" to "Pressed"
- Changed "Focused" to "Selected"
- Fixed ClickEffect
- Updated Demo
- Updated Component Editor to include Angular Families StyledDialog:
- Added example of AnimatedTaskDialog using Skia4Delphi
- TStyledTaskDialogForm is the base Form class for any StyledDialog
- Added example of Lottie animations in Animations folder
- Added resources of Animation built with Resource Compiler
- Added Delphi 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 Packages
10 Nov 2022: version 0.9.8 StyledButton:
- Added DisabledImages, DisabledImageName, DisabledImageIndex, PressedImageIndex, PressedImageName, HotImageIndex, HotImageName, SelectedImageIndex, SelectedImageName.
- Used GDI+ for rendering of buttons
- Added Circle and Square Buttons styles StyledDialog:
- Added Footer area and Text
- Added full support for component TStyledTaskDialog (eg.shield icon)
- Fixed Focused and DefaulButton
- Updated test demo
07 Nov 2022: version 0.9.5 (VCL)
- Added Styled Button properties: StyleFamily, StyleClass and StyleAppearance
- Added "Classic Family" with Styles similar to VCL Styles
- Updated "Bootstrap Family"
- Added Component Editor for Styled Button
- Fixed Dialog Form: focused buttons, all dialog buttons available
- Fixed Styled Button
03 Nov 2022: version 0.9.1 (VCL)
- Added TStyledGraphicButton
01 Nov 2022: version 0.9.0 (VCL)
- First "beta" version