# Code-Only Styling

## Introduction

This section discusses how to style your Gum controls in a code-only project. Styling can be performed globally or per control individually.

* [Styling Using ActiveStyles](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/styling/code-only-styling/styling-using-activestyles) - the ActiveStyles provides default, global styling for your Gum UI
* [Styling Individual Controls](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/styling/code-only-styling/styling-individual-controls) - modify values directly on a control to control styling
* [Styling Using States](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/styling/code-only-styling/styling-using-states) - specify styles in response to actions such as hover and push
* [Adding and Removing Visual Children](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/styling/code-only-styling/adding-and-removing-visual-children) - visuals can be added and removed to customize the appearance of a control
* [Customizing ListBox and ComboBox](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/styling/code-only-styling/customizing-listbox-and-combobox) - discusses how to customize items created by ListBox and ComboBox
* [Customizing Menu and MenuItem](https://docs.flatredball.com/gum/code/styling/code-only-styling/customizing-menu-and-menuitem) - discusses how to customize items created in a Menu


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