Use a Panel to place an area with different visual properties in a window. A panel can contain other controls and allow them to be moved as a group.
Open the destination window to add the Control.
From the Toolbox, select the Control icon, move the pointer into the window and drag out the initial position and size for the control.
If the Property Editor is not displayed, click on Ribbon > Home > Property Editor
Click on the Control. The Properties for the control will appear in the Property Editor panel and allow changes to be made.
Name: Name of the control
Alias: Alias of the control
General:
Template: Select a defined template to use for this control. See Templates.
Layout: Defines the layout parameters for the control
X: X location in the window to place the control
Y: Y location in the window to place the control
Width: Width of the control
Height: Height of the control
Anchor: Controls which edge of the window the control is anchored to when the window is resized. See Anchors.
Visual: The Visual category allows the user to configure the look and feel of the control.
Visible: Defaults to visible but untick if you wish this Control to be invisible
Background:
Start Color: Select the background start color
End Color: Select the background end color
Gradient Mode: Select from one of the displayed Gradient modes
Image: Select from a list of Project images. See Images.
Image Layout: Select from None, Tile or Stretch
Border:
Corner Radius: To produce rounded corners enter a Radius value. Defaults to 0.
Thickness: Enter the Border thickness. Defaults to 1.
Color: Select the color of the text from the list of available colors define in the project.
Dash Style: If the border needs to be dashed select from one of the available dash styles
Shadow:
Color: If the Panel needs a drop shadow, select the color of the text from the list of available colors defined in the project
Distance: distance for the drop shadow. Note that the shadow is produced behind the Panel, below and to the right by the specified distance
Binding: The following properties of the Panel Control may be bound to a tag;
Background Color Start:
Background Color End:
Background Image:
Border Color:
Shadow Color:
Visible: