MessageBox theme discrepancies

[live627]

I'm using Windows 10. I want the top message box to be themed, like the ones with yes/no and ok buttons. I have the following to enable the theme in app.manifest:

<!-- Activate Windows Common Controls v6 usage (XP and Vista): -->
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="*"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>

[Jjagg]

This doesn't seem like it's related to MonoGame at all.

[Trinith]

To my understanding, theme relates to the visual appearance of the message box and the OS itself controls this. I think you can override some stuff in a WinForms project but it's been a while since I've messed with it.

It sounds like you're talking specifically about the buttons though... and this is something, at least from a System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox perspective, that is specified when you call it.

One of the parameters to MessageBox.Show is an enum value for MessageBoxButtons.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.messagebox.show(v=vs.110).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ba2a6d06(v=vs.110).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.messageboxbuttons(v=vs.110).aspx

Using the MessageBoxButtons enum, you can specify which buttons you want to appear on your MessageBox. I'm not sure if this is portable though, so be cautious

[live627]

Late update:

I should have shared some code.


var res = MessageBox.Show(e.Message, "Something went wrong",
MessageBoxButtons.AbortRetryIgnore, MessageBoxIcon.Error,
MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button2, MessageBoxOptions.ServiceNotification
);
Turns out that specifying the service notification disrupts the theme.