I'm trying to use a transparent panel. I want add a panel to the center of a form. This panel should result in darkness.
How can I add a transparent panel to my form without a background picture?
1)Set the background image of the form to the picture you want as a background and set the background image layout to 'stretch' as shown below.
2)Add a panel control.
3)Size the panel control to cover most of the form.
4)Add the code below to the form load event.
Panel1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(185, 0, 0, 0)
5)Set form border style to 'none'
6)Add a button to the panel
7)Set the buttons Flat Style, Border Size and Forecolor as shown below.
8)Add the following code to the form load event.
Button1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(75, 240, 240, 240)
9)Compile and there you go
Note:You can use the same method for other controls on the form but remember that it will only be the background image of the form that shows in any control. In other words, you can't stack controls on top of each other and see the bottom control because the background of the foremost control will be the background image of the form not the control immediately behind it.
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#Shai According to the image below got from CleanMordern Project.
how can I style my radio buttons using CSS to look exactly as Shai did his,
and also make actions on each button to show different container when pressed
ButtonGroup barGroup = new ButtonGroup();
RadioButton all = RadioButton.createToggle("All", barGroup);
all.setUIID("SelectBar");
RadioButton featured = RadioButton.createToggle("Featured", barGroup);
featured.setUIID("SelectBar");
RadioButton popular = RadioButton.createToggle("Popular", barGroup);
popular.setUIID("SelectBar");
RadioButton myFavorite = RadioButton.createToggle("My Favorites", barGroup);
myFavorite.setUIID("SelectBar");
Label arrow = new Label(res.getImage("news-tab-down-arrow.png"), "Container");
add(LayeredLayout.encloseIn(
GridLayout.encloseIn(4, all, featured, popular, myFavorite),
FlowLayout.encloseBottom(arrow)
));
You can open the theme file in the designer tool and just copy the styling from there. I implemented this using image backgrounds to keep some pixels free for the arrow on the bottom.
If you look at the theme you will see I just placed a background image that's solid red on top and has a white bottom. Then I have a separate "arrow" image which is animated with the code to the selected button on every click. Everything else is just colors and fonts which is trivial.
I can't figure this out! I've researched docking, anchoring etc. but I'm yet to get it to correctly resize when the parent form resizes.
Edit:
Quick Overview:
I have a main form with a menustrip docked to the top and a panel set to fill. I have links within the menustrip which open forms within the panel. See code below. I am struggling to get the form within the panel to resize with the panel.
I've set the panel background to black and my form inside the panel to white. I can see the panel resizing with the form correctly. The form within the panel stays in its original position. If i start my app in maximized, then click on my menustrip sure enough the form within the panel resizes correctly. However, once it is maximized it doesn't shrink with the form like the panel container does.
I've deleted everything on my whole form, added 1 panel to it and set to fill then on form load do the following:
Dim f As New Contactdetails With {.TopLevel = False, .AutoSize = True}
f.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
Me.Panel2.Controls.Add(f)
f.Show()
This still doesn't work. When i maximize my main form, the form inside the panel does not resize but the panel does as i've changed it's background to monitor its change in size
Turn AutoSize off:
Dim f As New Contactdetails With {.TopLevel = False, .AutoSize = False}
f.Dock = DockStyle.Fill
Me.Panel2.Controls.Add(f)
f.Show()
If the previous form in the panel isn't being used anymore, then you should first dispose of it:
While Me.Panel2.Controls.Count > 0
Me.Panel2.Controls(0).Dispose()
End While
Set the WindowState to Normal in properties of the child form
and
Me.Dock = DockStyle.
Fill in the Load sub of the child form
I've got a normal Winforms Panel, but under it, I've sent a (Awesomium) WebControl form to the back, and was wondering if it's possible to make the panel transparent to reveal the colors of the webpage basically, but simple solutions such as
Panel1.BackColor = FromARGB(0,0,0,0) (Or any other color)
make the backcolor the same as the Form's backcolor (Goes right through the WebControl). Is there any workaround? My original intent was to see if the panel could display the color under of the webpage, rather than the Form's backcolor.
Look, you have not explained your problem properly, so I can't tell exactly what problem you are getting.
Panel's color is by default transparent but for your convenience you can set the background as transparent.
Here is the code:
Panel1.BackColor = Color.Transparent
Or, if your form's backcolor is a plain color, you can try the following:
Panel1.BackColor = Form1.BackColor
Hope it works perfectly!
Using properties of "label" not able to set the backcolor as transparent ... when i select the color transparent from the option which is showing some color as backcolor, if transparent works properly must show background instead of some colors. please help
If you add a control at design time when setting the background to transparent it 'displays' the background of the form not the control on which it was placed unless that control is a container such as a panel.
2 options:
1 place the label on a panel and the label then displays the panel background (which can be a picture if that is what you are trying to do)
2 place the label programatically i.e.
dim Label1 As New Label
Control.Controls.Add(Label1)
Label1.BackColor = Color.Transparent
How can I temporarily disable listview selection rectangle, so when someone clicks the listview and holds the button down & moves the mouse, the rectangle is not shown? And how do I enable it again after that? (VB.NET)
You can set the enabled property to false, then back to true again to enable the selections. It will display a a gray background when it is disabled.