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TPanel

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Implements a general purpose container which can hold other components.

Declaration

Source position: extctrls.pp line 1136

type TPanel = class(TCustomPanel)

published

  property Align: TAlign;

  

Specifies the placement of the control inside its Parent.

  property Alignment: TAlignment;

  

Alignment - whether text is left or right justified, or centered.

  property Anchors: TAnchors;

  

The set of anchor definitions for this control.

  property AutoSize: Boolean;

  

Allows automatic adjustment of the size for the control, according to its content.

  property BorderSpacing: TControlBorderSpacing;

  

Determines the inner and outer border spacing for this control.

  property BevelColor: TColor;

  

Color used to draw bevels for the panel.

  property BevelInner: TPanelBevel;

  

Determines the appearance of the Inner Bevel for the panel (whether raised, lowered, etc.).

  property BevelOuter: TPanelBevel;

  

Determines the appearance of the Outer Bevel for the panel (whether raised, lowered, etc.).

  property BevelWidth: TBevelWidth;

  

Width for a bevel on the panel in pixels.

  property BidiMode: TBiDiMode;

  

Indicates whether text controls use in bi-directional reading.

  property BorderWidth: TBorderWidth;

  

Width of the Border around the control; default is zero.

  property BorderStyle: TBorderStyle;

  

Indicates the border style displayed around the control.

  property Caption: TCaption;

  

The text displayed for the control.

  property ChildSizing: TControlChildSizing;

  

Provides settings used to resize and align child controls using a tabular layout.

  property ClientHeight: Integer;

  

The height for the client area on the control.

  property ClientWidth: Integer;

  

The width of the client area for the control.

  property Color: TColor;

  

Contains the background color for the panel.

  property Constraints: TSizeConstraints;

  

Contains the minimum and maximum Width and Height for the control.

  property DockSite: Boolean;

  

Allows controls to be drag-and-dock-ed into this control.

  property DoubleBuffered: Boolean;

  

When enabled, it reduces flicker when the control is painted.

  property DragCursor: TCursor;

  

The cursor shape shown during a drag operation.

  property DragKind: TDragKind;

  

Indicates the action performed for a drag operation: drag-and-drop or drag-and-dock.

  property DragMode: TDragMode;

  

Determines how a drag operation is started for the control.

  property Enabled: Boolean;

  

Determines whether the control responds to mouse or keyboard input.

  property Font: TFont;

  

The font to be used for text display in this control.

  property FullRepaint: Boolean;

  

FullRepaint - if True, the panel needs to be fully repainted after each change.

  property ParentBackground: Boolean;

  

Indicates if the background from the parent control is used to draw the background for the control.

  property ParentBidiMode: Boolean;

  

Indicates whether the BiDiMode settings in the Parent control are used.

  property ParentColor: Boolean;

  

Indicates if the control is drawn using the color in the parent control.

  property ParentDoubleBuffered: Boolean;

  

Value for the DoubleBuffered property in a Parent control.

  property ParentFont: Boolean;

  

Indicates if the Font from the Parent control is used in the control.

  property ParentShowHint: Boolean;

  

If True, the value of ShowHint for the control will be the same as the one from the Parent. Default is True.

  property PopupMenu: TPopupMenu;

  

A context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control.

  property ShowAccelChar: Boolean;

  property ShowHint: Boolean;

  

Enables Hint display for the control.

  property TabOrder: TTabOrder;

  

Indicates the navigation order for the control when the user presses the Tab or Shift+Tab key.

  property TabStop: Boolean;

  

Enables or disables navigation using the Tab key.

  property UseDockManager: Boolean;

  

Determines whether a DockManager is used for this DockSite.

  property VerticalAlignment: TVerticalAlignment;

  

Vertical alignment for the caption text displayed on the panel.

  property Visible: Boolean;

  

Allows the control, and all of its children, to be displayed or hidden.

  property Wordwrap: Boolean;

  

Indicates if the Caption can be word wrapped when painted.

  property OnChangeBounds: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the Bounds for the control have been changed.

  property OnClick: TNotifyEvent;

  

Notification handler for mouse clicks.

  property OnContextPopup: TContextPopupEvent;

  

Invoked when a context-sensitive pop-up menu is requested.

  property OnDockDrop: TDockDropEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for the drop of a control to be docked.

  property OnDockOver: TDockOverEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a control is moved over a docksite; determines whether the drop event is accepted or rejected.

  property OnDblClick: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse double click occurs in the control.

  property OnDragDrop: TDragDropEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when an object is dropped onto the control.

  property OnDragOver: TDragOverEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a control is dragged over the control instance.

  property OnEndDock: TEndDragEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for the end of a drag-dock operation.

  property OnEndDrag: TEndDragEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for the end of a drag-drop operation.

  property OnEnter: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the control receives focus.

  property OnExit: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the control loses focus.

  property OnGetSiteInfo: TGetSiteInfoEvent;

  

Provides information about the DockSite for the control.

  property OnGetDockCaption: TGetDockCaptionEvent;

  

This handler can provide a special DockCaption, different than the Caption default.

  property OnMouseDown: TMouseEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse down event is handled for the control.

  property OnMouseEnter: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has entered the control.

  property OnMouseLeave: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer has left the control.

  property OnMouseMove: TMouseMoveEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when the mouse pointer is moved in the control.

  property OnMouseUp: TMouseEvent;

  

Event handler signalled when a mouse up event is handled for the control.

  property OnMouseWheel: TMouseWheelEvent;

  

Event handler for mouse wheel turned.

  property OnMouseWheelDown: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a downward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelUp: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for an upward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelHorz: TMouseWheelEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a horizontal movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelLeft: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a leftward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnMouseWheelRight: TMouseWheelUpDownEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for a rightward movement of the mouse wheel.

  property OnPaint: TNotifyEvent;

  

Event handler signalled to paint the control.

  property OnResize: TNotifyEvent;

  

Notification handler for a resize of the control.

  property OnStartDock: TStartDockEvent;

  

Event handler for the start of a docking operation.

  property OnStartDrag: TStartDragEvent;

  

Event handler signalled for the start of a dragging operation.

  property OnUnDock: TUnDockEvent;

  

Event handler signalled before a control is undocked from its DockSite.

end;

Inheritance

TPanel

  

Implements a general purpose container which can hold other components.

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TCustomPanel

  

The base class for a general container which can hold other objects. It has a customizable border and a central text.

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TCustomControl

  

The base class for windowed controls which paint themselves.

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TWinControl

  

Implements a windowed control which can contain other child controls.

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TControl

  

The base class for visible controls.

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TLCLComponent

  

The base class for LCL components which have an associated widget.

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TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

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TPersistent,IFPObserved

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TObject

Description

TPanel is a TCustomPanel descendant which defines a rectangular area on a form into which components can be placed to group them functionally and geographically. TPanel is a general container for other components, and has a customizable border and caption.

See also

TCustomPanel

  

The base class for a general container which can hold other objects. It has a customizable border and a central text.


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