How to change color of Title Bar without TTitleBar

[GP_23 1]

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

Edited March 27, 2023 by GP_23

[programmerdelphi2k 237]

try this 2 articles by 

https://delphihaven.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/setting-up-a-custom-titlebar/

https://delphihaven.wordpress.com/category/glass/

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

FMX or VCL?

[GP_23 1]

• 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

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

I am not sure which version of Delphi you are using, @GP_23 (You can set that in your profile),

but the following has been working at least since Sydney: https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Alexandria/en/Custom_Title_Bar_for_VCL_Forms

 

Edit: ... and I fell into the trap of not reading the OP properly.  Surely there must be a way to get the main menu and custom title bar working?

[GP_23 1]

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).

[GP_23 1]

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.