Panel

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.

Create a Panel

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.

Access Panel properties

If the Property Editor is not displayed, click on RibbonHomeProperty Editor

Click on the Control. The Properties for the control will appear in the Property Editor panel and allow changes to be made.

Panel Properties

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: