The Design Palettes listed below work with controls contained in the System.Windows.Forms namespace. Those are the controls that are published by Microsoft and ship with Visual Studio. You do not need to purchase any other control libraries in order to use the designs listed on this page. If you would like to download designs for controls from other vendors, please select the vendor from the Certified Control Vendors list.
Dialog Forms
File size: 431KB
Last updated: 6/30/2009
Includes some of the most common dialog form designs such as a Login Form, Property Page, OK/Cancel Dialog, and a Wizard Design. All of these designs target the System.Windows.Forms.Form class.
This palette is pre-installed with Designbox and Designbox Gallery.
Dialog Buttons
File size: 49KB
Never type 'OK' again! This palette includes preset buttons for all of your favorite uses.
Starter Menus
File size: 70KB
Last updated: 6/29/2009
Comes with a handful of preset starter menus including simple "File, Edit, View" menus as well as File and Edit submenus to get your application started more quickly.
Common Controls
File size: 224KB
Last updated: 7/2/2009
The design palette that you cannot do without! It includes many default designs for controls contained in the Common Controls Toolbox Tab. ComboBox designs include preset 'Items' properties for days of the week, True and False, and Yes and No. There are also ListView designs to get you started with predefined Columns and TabControl designs preloaded with different TabPage arrangments.
Contact Info
File size: 174KB
Last updated: 6/12/2009
This palette contains designs to get you started if you need to collect contact information. There are dozens of predefined Labels and ComboBoxes so that you can build your customer contact form in a matter of seconds! It also includes ComboBox designs that are preloaded with the State names of the U.S. and countries of the world.
Some Useful Timers...
File size: 3KB
Includes designs for quickly creating System.Windows.Forms.Timer components with common intervals.
