GUIDarkTheme UDF

[WildByDesign]

3 hours ago, UEZ said:

This works for me. up/down control will be displayed when more tabs are added than it can be displayed.

I just tested it now and your fix works perfectly. Thank you so much.

[bladem2003]

On 4/13/2026 at 3:17 PM, WildByDesign said:

@bladem2003 I remember from the previous UDF thread that you use Windows 10 and wanted dark mode UpDown controls. Please give this release a try and let me know if it works well or not. Thank you.

 

Thank you. Works like a charm!!!

[WildByDesign]

GUIDarkTheme 1.7.0:

• Significant changes to the overall modern cohesiveness of the design and color choices
  • Improved default dark mode theme colors
  • Improved default light mode theme colors (finally!)
  • Fixed painting of control sizeboxes to perfectly match scrollbar background color
• Added new function _GUIDarkTheme_SetCornerPref() to change window corners (rounded, squared, etc.)
  • Corner Preference submenu added to View menu with examples for corner preferences
• Renamed all Global variables to follow UDF specifications and avoid collisions - thanks to @argumentum for suggestions
• Renamed all functions to follow UDF specifications and avoid collisions - thanks to argumentum for suggestions
• Removed some redundant subclassing by using some non-subclass methods
  • WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC and WM_CTLCOLOREDIT have been removed completely
  • WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX has been moved into a custom subclass procedure
  • This way it will not interfere with any potential GUIRegisterMsg a user may have already

This is a pretty sweet release. Much more UDF-compliant. Much more beautiful design. 😎

I never put much time into making sure the Light mode theme looked nice before. Even though this is a "DarkTheme" UDF, I wanted to ensure fast and easy switching between dark mode and light mode. I feel like the Light theme produced from this UDF now is much better in comparison to any GUI and control default light themes from AutoIt defaults. With that being said, I still feel like I need to make more improvements to the light theme. So if there are any light mode users, please feel free to give some suggestions to improve the light theme.

[xuankhanh1982]

@WildByDesign:

The height of the "GUICtrlCreateTab" field is too small, preventing the text from displaying properly. Can you fix this?

[WildByDesign]

23 minutes ago, xuankhanh1982 said:

The height of the "GUICtrlCreateTab" field is too small, preventing the text from displaying properly. Can you fix this?

Thanks for reporting. I just fixed the tab text from being clipped. Please try version 1.7.1 from the first post. Let me know if the issue is resolved for you.

[xuankhanh1982]

1 hour ago, WildByDesign said:

Thanks for reporting. I just fixed the tab text from being clipped. Please try version 1.7.1 from the first post. Let me know if the issue is resolved for you.

Thanks you

[WildByDesign]

GUIDarkTheme 1.8.0:

• Added Windows 11 Materials submenu to the View menu (Windows 11 Build 22621 and higher)
• Added CUSTOMDRAW buttons (optional) to support Windows 11 Materials
  • Relevant functions now have a $bFlatButtons boolean to enable these custom buttons
  • Custom buttons can be used without the Windows 11 Materials as well
• Relevant functions now have a $iMaterial option for enabling Windows 11 Materials
  • Options: $DWMSBT_AUTO, $DWMSBT_NONE, $DWMSBT_MAINWINDOW, $DWMSBT_TRANSIENTWINDOW, and $DWMSBT_TABBEDWINDOW
• Got Windows 11 Materials showing on statusbar without OWNERDRAW or subclassing
• Added/updated function header information for the most important functions

[WildByDesign]

GUIDarkTheme 1.9.0:

• Improved the overall modern cohesiveness of controls
• Improved the design and behavior of Edit/Input controls
• Improved colors for ComboBox and fixed some related issues
• Miscellaneous improvements to most controls

Since all of the functionality is working great now, the focus on this release is entirely on bringing the overall design together. Ensuring that all controls match each other appropriately in design.

By the way, try my new Edit/Input control design. I can't seem to stop clicking on them now. 😄