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Don't forget, with M we have all of Java at our fingertips with just a few keystrokes. So why don't you use Java Swing, which is a professional UI framework that runs on hundreds of millions of devices.
I have ShowProgressBar and DestroyProgressBar in my init.m, because I use them frequently.
Needs["JLink`"]
ReinstallJava[]
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If you're on version 9, you can use gauges:
HorizontalGauge[90, {0, 100}, ScaleRangeStyle -> Red,
GaugeMarkers -> "ScaleRange"]
I don't fully understand how Mathematica scales and aligns things like gauges (and it's not the sort of thing that's easy to find in the documentation) but I would explore the options using a Manipulate:
Manipulate[
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I know of no method by which to control the color of that element. I'm afraid that it may not be possible. I believe the style of the ProgressIndicator is taken from the OS settings, or rather the ProgressIndicator is rendered by the OS.
If you look at the on-line documentation for versions 7, 8, 9 you see that the style changes:
7:
8:
9:
Further, I ...
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For this solution, I've made rasterized versions of ProgressIndicator, replacing green tones by similarly light/dark red tones by means of a function toRed. All other colors used by default are gray levels, i.e. they match the {c_,c_,c_} pattern. This works fine only for the appearance shown third in Mr. Wizard's answer (also seen below). What's left then is ...
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The answer is that yes, you can affect the appearance of components of a control but the problem in this case is that your list of appearances
appearances = {"DialogBox", "Palette", "FramedPalette", "Frameless"};
are only valid Button appearances and that is why they have no effect of ButtonBar or TabView. When you use valid appearances it works fine:
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You can always create your own custom controls. This is a lot of work, but it also gives you unlimited flexibility. You can even create completely new kinds of control.
Scroll down to the last section here to see an example.
If you're aiming for a custom TabView-like control, I'd start with PaneSelector.
Here's a primitive example (just a start, not ...
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