Re: Difference between Panel and GroupBox

Thank you Bonnie.

"Bonnie Berent [C# MVP]" <BonnieBerentCMVP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:F933A486-259E-4528-BEEC-3238B8A6BB24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> in message news:7B5D98D2-6FCD-42FE-964F-FB6D8CB6CAF9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> 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@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:upoOk19FGHA.2608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > "A.M-SG" <alanalan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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