# SplitContainer Visual Styles

## Content



[C1SplitContainer](/componentone/docs/win/online-splitcontainer/) provides eight built-in visual styles for the control – **System**, **Office2007Black**, **Office2007Blue**, **Office2007Silver**, **Office2010Black**, **Office2010Blue**, **Office2010Silver**, and **Windows7** - that can be easily applied to the control by setting the **VisualStyle** property. The visual styles change the appearance of all of the elements of the C1SplitContainer such as the C1SplitterPanel, splitter bar, expander button, and panel header.

There is no built-in **Custom** visual style in the C1SplitContainer. Any style which doesn't match the predefined styles is considered as Custom. If you want to use a **Custom** style you should assign custom values to any of the following properties: **BackColor**, **ForeColor**, **ToolTipGradient**, **CollapsingAreaColor,** **CollapsingCueColor**, **SplitterColor**, **FixedLineColor**, **HeaderBackColor**, and **HeaderForeColor**. Then, the value of the **VisualStyle** property changes automatically to the **Custom** value. Actually, the **VisualStyle** property is just an indicator, it's not persistable. The value of this property depends on the other properties (listed above).

To learn how to set the **VisualStyle** property, see [Changing the Visual Style](/componentone/docs/win/online-splitcontainer/splitcontainerforwin3/changingthec1splitco/changingthevisualsty).

The following table illustrates each of the eight built-in visual schemes.

| Formatting | Appearance |
| --- | --- |
| System | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_16.png) |
| Office2007Black | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_17.png) |
| Office2007Blue | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_18.png) |
| Office2007Silver | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_19.png) |
| Office2010Black | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_17.png) |
| Office2010Blue | <br />![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_20.png) |
| Office2010Silver | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_21.png) |
| Windows7 | ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/91a148ff-850c-4b63-a7b5-d269cf16bcf7/imagesext/image12_22.png) |

## See Also

[SplitContainer Appearance Properties](/componentone/docs/win/online-splitcontainer/splitcontainerappear/splitcontainerappear1)