Re: Difference between Panel and GroupBox

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You're welcome! =)

~~Bonnie



"A.M-SG" wrote:

> 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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> >> >>
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