Panel

A panel is a box that allows you to manage the look of your Custom Panel.

 Property Type Options

General

Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated

Control Info: Shows control type.

Read only

Appearance

Graphical user interface Description automatically generated

Back Color: Background color of the panel.

Brings up the Select Color window.

Location: Control location (in pixels) of the control on the Custom Panel. Change X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) values in relation to upper left corner.

You can also drag the control to a different location

Size: Control size (in pixels). Change width and height values. You can also re-size the control manually.
Paint Style: The type of background fill.

  • Solid Brush or Gradient Brush
Gradient Mode: The direction that a color gradient fill will flow.

  • Horizontal, Vertical, Forward Diagonal or Backward Diagonal

Gradient Color Start: The starting color of a gradient fill or the color of a solid fill.

Brings up the Select Color window.

Gradient Color End: The ending color of a gradient fill. Not used for a solid fill.

Brings up the Select Color window.

Background Image: Background image of the control.
Background Image Layout: The way the background image is drawn.

  • None, Tile, Center, Stretch or Zoom
Border Style: Click to select border style.

  • Default style is flat.
Draw Border: When checked, a border is drawn around the Panel.
Rounded Corners: When checked the corners of the box will be rounded by the Corner Radius amount.
Corner Radius: The radius of the corners.
Tab Index: If tab stop is set to true, determines the position of the control in the tab order.
Tab Stop: Specifies whether the control appears in the tab order.

  • Checked = Appears
  • Unchecked = Won’t appear

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