KryptonWebView2

Overview

KryptonWebView2 hosts the Microsoft Edge WebView2 engine with Krypton palette integration, KryptonContextMenu support, and designer support. Use it when you need modern Chromium-based web content inside a themed WinForms application.

Namespace: Krypton.Toolkit.Utilities
Assembly: Krypton.Toolkit.Utilities
Requires: WebView2 runtime and WEBVIEW2_AVAILABLE build configuration (see project conditional compilation)

Key features

  • Chromium-based rendering via Microsoft.Web.WebView2.WinForms
  • Palette-driven border and background styling consistent with other Krypton controls
  • KryptonContextMenu for themed right-click menus
  • Async initialization via EnsureCoreWebView2Async()
  • Navigation, zoom, and CoreWebView2 scripting APIs from the WebView2 SDK

Basic usage

using Krypton.Toolkit.Utilities;

var webView = new KryptonWebView2
{
    Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
    KryptonContextMenu = myContextMenu
};

await webView.EnsureCoreWebView2Async();
webView.CoreWebView2?.Navigate("https://example.com");

Comparison with KryptonWebBrowser

Control Engine Status
KryptonWebBrowser Legacy IE WebBrowser Maintained for compatibility
KryptonWebView2 Microsoft Edge WebView2 Preferred for new development

See also