creating-winforms-custom-controls Skill
Creates custom controls and UserControls for modern WinForms (.NET 6+). Use when deriving from Control, UserControl, Button, TextBox, or other base controls, implementing custom rendering with OnPaint overrides, creating composite controls with child control composition, adding custom properties with [Browsable], [Cate Published by microsoft in upgrade-agent-plugins.
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Data analysis, Design and media, Includes SKILL.md, Reusable instructions
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What is creating-winforms-custom-controls Skill?
Creates custom controls and UserControls for modern WinForms (.NET 6+). Use when deriving from Control, UserControl, Button, TextBox, or other base controls, implementing custom rendering with OnPaint overrides, creating composite controls with child control composition, adding custom properties with [Browsable], [Cate Published by microsoft in upgrade-agent-plugins. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
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Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Data analysis
- Design and media
- Data analysis use cases
- Design and media use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: plugins/upgrade-agent/extenders/upgrade-dotnet/upgrade/skills/lazy/desktop/winforms/creating-winforms-custom-controls/SKILL.md
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Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use creating-winforms-custom-controls Skill
- Use it for data analysis.
- Use it for design and media.
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Source
- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/upgrade-agent-plugins
- Skill file: plugins/upgrade-agent/extenders/upgrade-dotnet/upgrade/skills/lazy/desktop/winforms/creating-winforms-custom-controls/SKILL.md
What it does
Creates custom controls and UserControls for modern WinForms (.NET 6+). Use when deriving from Control, UserControl, Button, TextBox, or other base controls, implementing custom rendering with OnPaint overrides, creating composite controls with child control composition, adding custom properties with [Browsable], [Cate
Skill instructions
When to Use This Skill Authoring custom controls and UserControls for modern WinForms (.NET 6+, C 13/14): base-class selection, clip-proof layout/sizing, owner-draw, dark-mode theming, Designer serialization, and List/Grid controls. Use this skill when asked to create, derive, or modernize a WinForms control, UserControl, owner-drawn control, themed/dark-mode-aware control, scrollable Control-derived control, or a List/Grid-like control, and when wiring up Designer serialization for new control properties. Use it for designing UserControl to offload complex UI from forms, or when a reusable control is needed across multiple forms/projects. Also use it for modernizing legacy controls to be dark-mode aware and DPI-aware. Related Skills - WinForms Development - WinForms Designer Code - WinForms Data Binding - WinForms Rendering - WinForms High-DPI Fluent Layout Tenets: Assume the project's house style: - No using statements — globally-imported namespaces only. - NRTs enabled — nullable en
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What is creating-winforms-custom-controls?
creating-winforms-custom-controls is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Creates custom controls and UserControls for modern WinForms (.NET 6+).
Who is creating-winforms-custom-controls best for?
creating-winforms-custom-controls is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, data analysis workflows, design and media workflows.
How do I install creating-winforms-custom-controls?
Install or run creating-winforms-custom-controls using Copy skill directory. Check creating-winforms-custom-controls for the latest setup command.
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