New Look Cross Platform Database Application

Richard, you are neither a newbie to Xojo nor the internet, so I‘m baffled why you don‘t simply google for “free icons” (there are several sites, and many icons you can use even commercially for free) and show us what YOU did with all the suggestions to improve your design. It seems to me you are just “inspired” to wait for someone else to do the work …

Back up your project and have a play around with different design, layouts etc:

Mockup
(move the mouse over things)

Here’s an amazing place to get started creating modern looking apps, absorb this information and apply it to your app and you’ll be amazed what different it’ll make:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design

Its amazing how colour can change the feel of a design, I get an less modern office/windows 7 vibe from this:

https://blog./private/xojo/forum/mockup2/

i manage to find some of the icon that julian use in his mockup but wasn’t able to find any icon for stock and add stock that he use.

[quote=390304:@]Here’s an amazing place to get started creating modern looking apps, absorb this information and apply it to your app and you’ll be amazed what different it’ll make:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design[/quote]

thanks julian for the link

[quote=390302:@]Back up your project and have a play around with different design, layouts etc:

Mockup
(move the mouse over things)[/quote]

i prefer this one… more modern

[quote=390307:@]Its amazing how colour can change the feel of a design, I get an less modern office/windows 7 vibe from this:

https://blog./private/xojo/forum/mockup2/[/quote]

agreed with you fully…

is there an application that allow u to take an icon or image add some thing on the side like + , - , binoculars to make more meaningful

There’s lots out there, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks or https://www.getpaint.net/ (free)

[quote=390302:@]Back up your project and have a play around with different design, layouts etc:

Mockup
(move the mouse over things)[/quote]

should i use g canvas or pushbutton to accomplish this look???

Canvas

this is what i have done. i am using pushbutton with the square button style.

That is a completely modern look. Much more inviting as a user.

Thanks

What do i need to do have canvas that change color when hover?. I assume the text has to be written into the canvas too

You need to track if you are in the control or out of it. When you are in the control then you set a property DoHover to true and call invalidate. In the paint event you do:

if DoHover then
'paint something
else
'paint something else
end if

Read the documentation? http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/Canvas

Here’s a really simply example.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7vf1hq8wkx6l1jw/CanvasButtons.xojo_binary_project?dl=1

The button state it managed by the colours of the states, you could change this to be a value or an enumeration or pink unicorns if you wanted but it was just a quick example so I didn’t over engineer it :wink: There’s plenty of scope for enhancement in there, exposing additional inspector properties etc. Customise to your hearts content :slight_smile:

[quote=390400:@]Here’s a really simply example.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7vf1hq8wkx6l1jw/CanvasButtons.xojo_binary_project?dl=1

The button state it managed by the colours of the states, you could change this to be a value or an enumeration or pink unicorns if you wanted but it was just a quick example so I didn’t over engineer it :wink: There’s plenty of scope for enhancement in there, exposing additional inspector properties etc. Customise to your hearts content :)[/quote]

Thanks a lot will look at that.
i was playing with the CenvasButton sample that come with Xojo for the last 10 mins.
It does not do the hovering. It only change color when i click on it.