Textarea on Windows has a 3d look on Windows 8

Targets Windows
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Hey everyone!

The Xojo/Real Studio textarea on windows shows up like this .

Isn’t it possible to make it look like this ?

I am using Real Studio 2012 r2.1 but tried Xojo 2013 r2 as well. My OS is Windows 8 64 bit.

Thank you in advance

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[quote=105418:@Ashot Khachatryan]Hey everyone!

The Xojo/Real Studio textarea on windows shows up like this .

Isn’t it possible to make it look like this ?

I am using Real Studio 2012 r2.1 but tried Xojo 2013 r2 as well. My OS is Windows 8 64 bit.

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You seem to be looking for a design close to modern Windows Store applications …

  • In the inspector, switch off Border
  • Place a rectangle 2 pixels wider and taller under the TextArea, with a grey border.
  • Adjust the rectangle one pixel left and one pixel above the TextArea

The ScrollBar appears automatically when text is longer than the TextArea. If you want it to appear even when there is no text, set the inspector with no vertical ScrollBar, and use a separate ScrollBar control.

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Thanks Michel!

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I think turning off the ListBox.AutoHideScrollbars property is an easier way to do this.

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Indeed. Neat. Thanks.