Why Do My WinForms Controls Look Flat?

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2013/2015 and my operating system is Windows 10. I would like to know why my WinForms controls look so flat. I have both enabled and disabled EnableVisualStyles. Perhaps this is a Windows 10 issue? Why would these controls be lacking a 3D look and feel?

Thanks much,

Answer 1

The windows 10 theme itself is very flat, and winforms adopts the visual style of whatever version of windows you are running.

So you aren't doing anything wrong, that is just how windows 10 UI elements look.

If you were to run your application on windows 7, it would look more 3D.