"In an older post I highlighted one of the changes in the TreeView control in Vista’s explorer:
"...the treeview has no horizontal scrollbar at the bottom and scrolling happens for you automatically as you select nodes that are not fully visible and as you mouse over around..."
I then offered some code that makes the
System.Windows.Forms.TreeViewcontrol behave the same way....
If you take a further look at the explorer TreeView you’ll notice that in addition to the autoscroll functionality previously described, there are also some aesthetic changes.
...
So I was looking at how I can make my managed TreeView have the same feel and look.
...
I have updated the two code files, which I posted last time, to incorporate these additions ..."
Daniel provides cool tips and code (C#) to help you make the default/in-the-box .Net Treeview look much more "Vista like" (when running on Vista)...
Using my now officially favorite code converter (C# 2 to VB.Net / Boo or VB.Net to C# / Boo), code converter by SharpDevelop, I was able to take Daniel's code, convert it and get it running in a VB.Net app in minutes.
Here's the Before and After at design time...
..and runtime
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