Panel Control

Panel controls are used to provide a set area identifying a group of controls.

Client support

Newlook Smartclient

Newlook Server

Use

A panel control can be used to subdivide a form functionally. For example, if you wanted to separate one group of option buttons from another group of option buttons or you wished to position a group of menus as a group then you would use a panel control.

A frame is also useful if you want to position a group of controls on a form. Once a control is copied onto a panel control it's position stays fixed, relative to the top left corner of the panel. Moving the panel also moves any control placed on the panel.

A panel is similar to a frame control however they vary in the properties they offer. For instance, a panel control has various event driven properties such as the OnClick property, which allow one to respond to user events.

TIP!

To group controls, draw the panel first, and then draw controls inside the panel.

ClosedCommon Panel Tasks
Inserting a Panel Control
  1. Open the relevant screen in Designer () mode.
  2. Select Insert|Panel () from the main menu, then use your cursor to draw the graphic area on the screen.
  3. Draw or drag the controls that you want to group together onto the panel control.
  4. Set any other relevant properties in the Properties pane.
Grouping Option Buttons on a panel to work together
  1. Insert a panel control on your form.
  2. Insert the option buttons that you wish to group together on the panel and set their Caption property.
  3. Decide which option button should be the default selection when the form is opened and set it's Value property to 1.
  4. Set the GroupStart property of the first option button in the group to True. This property tells newlook where the group begins so that user navigation is restricted to one option button per group.
  5. Assign a relevant script or macro to the OnChange event of each of the relevant option buttons.
ClosedProperties

Newlook Smartclient | Newlook Server | Deprecated | Obsolete

Property

Client

Description

AllowDrop

Gets or sets whether the object allows drag/drop support. Newlook Smartclient-only property.

BackColor

Gets or sets the background color of the object.

BackStyle

Gets or sets a style which determines if the control's background is transparent or opaque.

BorderColor

Gets or sets the control's border color.

BorderStyle

Gets or sets the style of a control's border.

BorderWidth

Gets or sets the width (thickness) of the control's border.

CssClass

Gets or sets the CSS class, or classes, for the control in Newlook Server. Server-only.

DroppedFiles

Returns a collection of files dropped onto the object.

Enabled

Gets or sets the enabled state of the object.

FormControlsCollectionIndex

Sets or returns the current control index for an object.

Height

Returns or sets the height of the object's size in pixels at default size, which is the object's size at design-time.

Left

Determines the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its form or parent container at default size, which is the object's size at design-time.

Name

Gets or sets the name of this object.

OnClick

Gets or sets the name of the macro or script to be run when the Click event is triggered.

OnDblClick

Gets or sets the name of a macro or script to be run when the DblClick event occurs.

OnDrop

Gets or sets the name of a macro or script to be run when the Drop event occurs. Newlook Smartclient-only property.

OnMouseEnter

Gets or sets the name of the macro or script to be run when the MouseEnter event occurs. Smartclient-only.

OnMouseExit

Gets or sets the name of the macro or script to be run when the MouseExit event occurs. Smartclient-only.

Tag

Gets or sets user defined information for the control.

ToolTipText

Gets or sets the control's tool-tip text.

Top

Determines the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its form or parent container at default size, which is the object's size at design-time.

Type

Returns a value which specifies the control's type. Read only.

Visible

Gets or sets whether the control, object or form is visible or hidden.

Width

Gets or sets the width of the object in pixels at default size, which is the object's size at design-time.

See Also

Frame control | Picture box control 

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