Delphi

Adding a custom style selector to your VCL application

Adding a style selector menu to your application only takes a couple of lines of code and allows you to quickly update your existing user interface while providing added flexibilityto your customers. To add a style selector, I added a combobox to the form with the following code: uses VCL.Themes; procedure TForm9.StyleSelectorChange(Sender: TObject); begin …
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News

Update your application UI with TMultiView

Author: nighthawk2032 To use the TMultiView component, drag and drop the TMultiView component onto your Multi-Device form. You can also use the Master/Detail Multi-Device template (File->New->Multi-Device Application) as a good starting point. The drawer is automatically invoked by swiping across the screen from either the left or the right side (depending on the placement of the…
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C++

Custom buttons and the integrated Style Designer

Author: Jorge Batista With the integrated Style Designer in RAD Studio Berlin, you can quickly create custom image buttons. For creating entire multi-device styles from scratch, we recommend you use the Bitmap Style Designer, available via the Tools menu. Create a new FireMonkey multi-device application. Select a “Style” from the drop-down menu in the FireUI Designer. This will allow…
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Delphi

Setting a Tab Item Badge Value

Author: Chris Chuah I recently received some questions on how to display a circular badge icon and badge value on a tab item in TTabControl. Badge icons are commonly set to indicate a status change. The number displayed on the badge is frequently tied to a local notification or a push notification that’s been received. For example, popular social media apps show a badge value on the…
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