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I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a group of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a Panel and GroupBox? Thank you, Alan
"A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb:
[quoted text, click to view] > I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a group of > controls, but other than that, what is the different between a Panel and > GroupBox? Groupbox is not scrollable. -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
Thank you for help.
Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? [quoted text, click to view] "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb: >> I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a group >> of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a Panel >> and GroupBox? > > Groupbox is not scrollable. > > -- > M S Herfried K. Wagner > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>
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> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? Sure there is! It's a great way to visually group things for your user. ~~Bonnie [quoted text, click to view] "A.M-SG" wrote:
> Thank you for help. > > Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? > > > > "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message > news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb: > >> I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a group > >> of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a Panel > >> and GroupBox? > > > > Groupbox is not scrollable. > > > > -- > > M S Herfried K. Wagner > > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> > >
OK, yeah, you can have a visible border with a Panel, so in that respect you
have a visual cue for the user that you are grouping stuff together. However, there is no caption, so there's no way to label that Panel without dropping a Label control there somewhere too. I still prefer the GroupBox for this sort of visual cue. In my opinion, the purpose of Panels is to divide up a form when needed for scrollbars and such. For example, you have a ListView on your form that takes up the whole width of the form, but you also have a spot where you need to put TextBoxes to be databound to whatever's being selected in that ListView. You need to have the TextBox area on a Panel that is docked to the bottom of the form and the ListView is docked to Fill with a splitter in between them. ~~Bonnie [quoted text, click to view] "A.M-SG" wrote:
> But pannel also does the same thing. Why not using pannel? > > > "Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > in message news:7B5D98D2-6FCD-42FE-964F-FB6D8CB6CAF9@microsoft.com... > >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? > > > > Sure there is! It's a great way to visually group things for your user. > > > > ~~Bonnie > > > > > > "A.M-SG" wrote: > > > >> Thank you for help. > >> > >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? > >> > >> > >> > >> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message > >> news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > >> > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb: > >> >> I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a > >> >> group > >> >> of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a > >> >> Panel > >> >> and GroupBox? > >> > > >> > Groupbox is not scrollable. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > M S Herfried K. Wagner > >> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > >> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> > >> > >> > >> > >
But pannel also does the same thing. Why not using pannel?
[quoted text, click to view] "Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7B5D98D2-6FCD-42FE-964F-FB6D8CB6CAF9@microsoft.com... >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? > > Sure there is! It's a great way to visually group things for your user. > > ~~Bonnie > > > "A.M-SG" wrote: > >> Thank you for help. >> >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at all ? >> >> >> >> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message >> news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb: >> >> I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a >> >> group >> >> of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a >> >> Panel >> >> and GroupBox? >> > >> > Groupbox is not scrollable. >> > >> > -- >> > M S Herfried K. Wagner >> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> >> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> >> >> >>
You're welcome! =)
~~Bonnie [quoted text, click to view] "A.M-SG" wrote:
> Thank you Bonnie. > > "Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > in message news:F933A486-259E-4528-BEEC-3238B8A6BB24@microsoft.com... > > OK, yeah, you can have a visible border with a Panel, so in that respect > > you > > have a visual cue for the user that you are grouping stuff together. > > However, > > there is no caption, so there's no way to label that Panel without > > dropping a > > Label control there somewhere too. I still prefer the GroupBox for this > > sort > > of visual cue. > > > > In my opinion, the purpose of Panels is to divide up a form when needed > > for > > scrollbars and such. For example, you have a ListView on your form that > > takes > > up the whole width of the form, but you also have a spot where you need to > > put TextBoxes to be databound to whatever's being selected in that > > ListView. > > You need to have the TextBox area on a Panel that is docked to the bottom > > of > > the form and the ListView is docked to Fill with a splitter in between > > them. > > > > ~~Bonnie > > > > > > "A.M-SG" wrote: > > > >> But pannel also does the same thing. Why not using pannel? > >> > >> > >> "Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> > >> wrote > >> in message news:7B5D98D2-6FCD-42FE-964F-FB6D8CB6CAF9@microsoft.com... > >> >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at > >> >> all ? > >> > > >> > Sure there is! It's a great way to visually group things for your user. > >> > > >> > ~~Bonnie > >> > > >> > > >> > "A.M-SG" wrote: > >> > > >> >> Thank you for help. > >> >> > >> >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at > >> >> all ? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message > >> >> news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > >> >> > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb: > >> >> >> I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a > >> >> >> group > >> >> >> of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a > >> >> >> Panel > >> >> >> and GroupBox? > >> >> > > >> >> > Groupbox is not scrollable. > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > M S Herfried K. Wagner > >> >> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> > >> >> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >
Thank you Bonnie.
[quoted text, click to view] "Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F933A486-259E-4528-BEEC-3238B8A6BB24@microsoft.com... > OK, yeah, you can have a visible border with a Panel, so in that respect > you > have a visual cue for the user that you are grouping stuff together. > However, > there is no caption, so there's no way to label that Panel without > dropping a > Label control there somewhere too. I still prefer the GroupBox for this > sort > of visual cue. > > In my opinion, the purpose of Panels is to divide up a form when needed > for > scrollbars and such. For example, you have a ListView on your form that > takes > up the whole width of the form, but you also have a spot where you need to > put TextBoxes to be databound to whatever's being selected in that > ListView. > You need to have the TextBox area on a Panel that is docked to the bottom > of > the form and the ListView is docked to Fill with a splitter in between > them. > > ~~Bonnie > > > "A.M-SG" wrote: > >> But pannel also does the same thing. Why not using pannel? >> >> >> "Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@discussions.microsoft.com> >> wrote >> in message news:7B5D98D2-6FCD-42FE-964F-FB6D8CB6CAF9@microsoft.com... >> >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at >> >> all ? >> > >> > Sure there is! It's a great way to visually group things for your user. >> > >> > ~~Bonnie >> > >> > >> > "A.M-SG" wrote: >> > >> >> Thank you for help. >> >> >> >> Is there any reason that I should use GroupBox instead of Pannel at >> >> all ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in message >> >> news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> >> > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb: >> >> >> I understand that GroupBox provides a caption and border around a >> >> >> group >> >> >> of controls, but other than that, what is the different between a >> >> >> Panel >> >> >> and GroupBox? >> >> > >> >> > Groupbox is not scrollable. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > M S Herfried K. Wagner >> >> > M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> >> >> > V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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