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I'm looking for a (hopefully simple) way of changing the color of the title bar without using the custom title bar stuff because I am using a TMainMenu and everything gets screwed up. I watched Ray Konopka's really good video from 2021 on how to do it but it was way more elaborate than I care to implement. Anyone done this? Thanks

Okay well it turns out it is easy. The trick is you have to use TActionMainMenu instead of TMainMenu which is what Ray K was using. I gave up too soon on his video because he was trying to do some fancier stuff as well.

One thing to keep in mind is that there is a lot more information on how to use GUI stuff for Delphi than for C++Builder. However it is very easy to convert and sometimes there is no conversion necessary if it is just adding and connecting things in the design mode. So don't be afraid to check the Delphi sections of this forum out as well as using the "Delphi" tag when searching online for how to solve issues. Your potential reach for help is bigger than it first appears.

One would think so, but I am thinking less and less that that is the case. Like I said Ray K tackled it on a video but he abandoned TMainMenu and constructed a menu in a different way. I don't want to go through all that just to change the color of the title bar. Maybe it can be done by creating a customized style but I haven't looked into that and there other pressing things that I should dive into first. Confession, I am actually a C++Builder user (just migrated to 11.3). But because the vast majority of Rad Studio users are Delphi people, I posted on the Delphi forum to reach a larger crowd as I can always translate the code (if it is mostly UI stuff that is).

I couldn't see anything in those articles that solved the problem. Which doesn't mean it is not there, I am not a super advanced programmer even though I been have pecking away at it for years. I am working with VCL I found this article on the Microsoft site which seemed hopeful until I read that it is only for Windows 11 which is too restrictive at this time