Class OutlineControl

Namespace: Alternet.FormDesigner.WinForms

Assembly: Alternet.FormDesigner.v9.dll

Represents the outline control.

[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(FormDesignerControl), "Images.OutlineControl.Icon.bmp")]
public class OutlineControl : Control, IDropTarget, ISynchronizeInvoke, IWin32Window, IBindableComponent, IComponent, IDisposable, IOutlineControl

Inheritance: object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

Control

OutlineControl

Implements: IDropTarget

ISynchronizeInvoke

IWin32Window

IBindableComponent

IComponent

IDisposable

IOutlineControl

Examples

Here is how to declare a OutlineControl from the C# code:

using Alternet.FormDesigner.WinForms;

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var formDesigner = new FormDesignerControl();
        formDesigner.AutoSaveToSource = false;
        formDesigner.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left;
        formDesigner.Parent = this;

        var outlineControl = new OutlineControl();
        outlineControl.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
        outlineControl.FormDesignerControl = formDesigner;
    }
}

Here is how to declare a OutlineControl from the Visual Basic code:

Imports System
Imports Alternet.FormDesigner.WinForms

Partial Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Dim formDesigner = New FormDesignerControl()
        formDesigner.AutoSaveToSource = False
        formDesigner.Dock = Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Left
        formDesigner.Parent = Me

        Dim outlineControl = New OutlineControl()
        outlineControl.Dock = Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill
        outlineControl.FormDesignerControl = formDesigner
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

OutlineControl control displays the form's layout as a tree view, providing an easy way to navigate and re-arrange controls on the form.

OutlineControl supports editing features such as cutting, copying, pasting, and renaming the controls on the designed form.

Set FormDesignerControl property to specify the Form Designer control associated with the outline control.

Set Toolbox property to specify the Toolbox control associated with the outline control.

Constructors

OutlineControl(): Initializes a new instance of the OutlineControl class with default settings.

Properties

FormDesignerControl: Gets or sets an IFormDesignerControl related to this outline control.

Painter: Provides an interface to draw outline control.

Toolbox: Gets or sets toolbox control associated with the outline control.

TreeView: Gets TreeView used to display outline items.

TypeNameDisplayStyle: Gets or sets an appearance of the item's type name in the outline control.

Methods

BeginUpdate(): Prevents object state updating until calling EndUpdate method.

CanMoveDown(): Indicates whether current item can be moved down in the container.

CanMoveIn(): Indicates whether current item can be moved into the next container.

CanMoveOut(): Indicates whether current item can be moved out of current container.

CanMoveUp(): Indicates whether current item can be moved up in the container.

CreateContextMenu()

CreateDefaultPainter()

CreateTreeNode(IComponent)

Dispose(bool): Releases the unmanaged resources used by the Control and its child controls and optionally releases the managed resources.

EndUpdate(): Re-enables object state updating, that was turn of by calling BeginUpdate method.

GetChildComponents(IComponent)

GetComponentName(IComponent)

GetComponentTypeName(IComponent)

GetNodeText(IComponent)

GetNodeText(IComponent, string)

MoveDown(): Moves outline item down in the container.

MoveIn(): Moves outline item into the next container.

MoveOut(): Moves outline item out of current container.

MoveUp(): Moves outline item up in the container.

SetComponentName(IComponent, string)

ShowContextMenu()